Aron (Loire)

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Aron
The Aron at Cercy-la-Tour. On the right the river, on the left the lock entry into the Canal du Nivernais.

The Aron at Cercy-la-Tour. On the right the river, on the left the lock entry into the Canal du Nivernais.

Data
Water code FR :  K17-0300
location France , Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region
River system Loire
Drain over Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Révérien
47 ° 11 '36 "  N , 3 ° 29' 14"  O
Source height approx.  335  m
muzzle at Decize in the Loire coordinates: 46 ° 50 ′ 8 "  N , 3 ° 27 ′ 39"  E 46 ° 50 ′ 8 "  N , 3 ° 27 ′ 39"  E
Mouth height approx.  190  m
Height difference approx. 145 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.4 ‰
length 104 km
Left tributaries Alnain , Trait , Veynon , Morion , Guignon , Dragne , Chevannes , Alène , Donjon
Right tributaries Canne , Andarge
Reservoirs flowed through Étang d'Aron
Small towns Decize
Navigable from the estuary to Châtillon-en-Bazois as part of the Canal du Nivernais

The Aron is a river in France that runs in the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . It rises in the foothills of the Morvan Mountains, in the municipality of Saint-Révérien , where its water initially collects in the Étang d'Aron . The Aron reaches the Canal du Nivernais at Châtillon-en-Bazois . He accompanies him to Decize , where both flow into the Loire from the right . The river length is 104 kilometers.

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Aron  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Aron at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 22, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.