Arget (river)
Arget | ||
The school of Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière, in the foreground the Arget river |
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Water code | FR : O12-0400 | |
location | France , Occitania region | |
River system | Garonne | |
Drain over | Ariège → Garonne → Atlantic Ocean | |
source | in the municipal area of Le Bosc 42 ° 55 ′ 10 ″ N , 1 ° 24 ′ 49 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 1472 m | |
muzzle | in the municipality of Foix in the Ariège coordinates: 42 ° 58 ′ 5 ″ N , 1 ° 36 ′ 22 ″ E 42 ° 58 ′ 5 ″ N , 1 ° 36 ′ 22 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 369 m | |
Height difference | approx. 1103 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 48 ‰ | |
length | approx. 23 km | |
Right tributaries | Roques, Ganac |
The Arget is a river in France that runs in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region . It rises under the name Fournez in the Pyrenees , on the northern flank of the Arize massif , at Cap du Carmil (1615 m), in the south-western municipality of Le Bosc . The Arget generally drains east-northeast through the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park and flows into the Ariège as a left tributary after around 23 kilometers on the northern outskirts of Foix .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- La Cabriole , municipality of Le Bosc
- Burret
- Serres-sur-Arget
- Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière
- Foix