Arget (river)

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Arget
The school of Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière, in the foreground the Arget river

The school of Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière, in the foreground the Arget river

Data
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
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
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)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ Arget at SANDRE (French)