Argence Vive

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Argence Vive
Data
Water code FRO7710500
location France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Truyère  → Lot  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Alpuech
44 ° 43 ′ 28 ″  N , 2 ° 54 ′ 46 ″  E
Source height approx.  1275  m
muzzle in the municipality of Sainte-Geneviève-sur-Argence in the Truyère coordinates: 44 ° 48 ′ 37 ″  N , 2 ° 43 ′ 16 ″  E, 44 ° 48 ′ 37 ″  N , 2 ° 43 ′ 16 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  547  m
Height difference approx. 728 m
Bottom slope approx. 30 ‰
length 24 km
Catchment area 79 km²
Right tributaries Argence Morte

The Argence Vive is a river in France that runs in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region . It rises in the Aubrac countryside , in the municipality of Alpuech , generally drains in a north-westerly direction and, after 24 kilometers in the municipality of Sainte-Geneviève-sur-Argence, flows into the backwater of the Barrage de Labarthe as a left tributary into the Truyère .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Individual evidence

  1. Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. a b Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on July 13, 2014, rounded to full kilometers.