Argos (Verzée)

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Argos
Data
Water code FR :  M3834000
location France , Pays de la Loire region
River system Loire
Drain over Verzée  → Oudon  → Mayenne  → Maine  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Challain-la-Potherie
47 ° 38 ′ 12 ″  N , 1 ° 7 ′ 25 ″  W
Source height approx.  88  m
muzzle in the municipality of Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné in the Verzée coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 34 ″  N , 0 ° 52 ′ 52 ″  W 47 ° 40 ′ 34 ″  N , 0 ° 52 ′ 52 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  25  m
Height difference approx. 63 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.1 ‰
length 30 km
Catchment area 164 km²
Discharge at the Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné
A Eo gauge : 153 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		760 l / s
5 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Hommée

The Argos is a river in France that runs in the Maine-et-Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises under the name Ruisseau de la Martinais in the municipality of Challain-la-Potherie , generally drains in an easterly direction and flows after 30 kilometers in the municipality of Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné as a right tributary into the Verzée , which shortly afterwards into the Oudon flows.

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Argos at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 29, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.
  4. ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: M3834030 , option: Synthèse ) .