Auray (river)

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Auray
Loc'h
Stone bridge over the river in Auray

Stone bridge over the river in Auray

Data
Water code FR :  J62-0300
location France , Brittany region
River system Auray
source in the municipality of Plaudren
47 ° 47 ′ 46 ″  N , 2 ° 43 ′ 57 ″  W
Source height approx.  135  m
muzzle at Locmariaquer in the Gulf of Morbihan Coordinates: 47 ° 35 ′ 9 ″  N , 2 ° 56 ′ 30 ″  W 47 ° 35 ′ 9 ″  N , 2 ° 56 ′ 30 ″  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 135 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.4 ‰
length 56 km
Left tributaries Sal
Reservoirs flowed through Étang de la Forêt
Small towns Auray
Navigable in the mouth area

The Auray (known as Loc'h above the town of Auray ) is a river in France that runs in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region . It rises in the municipality of Plaudren , initially drains in a westerly direction, but then turns to the south and flows into the Gulf of Morbihan and thus into the Atlantic Ocean after 56 kilometers, around the height of Locmariaquer . In its lower reaches it forms an estuary funnel a good ten kilometers long .

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Auray  - 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 Auray at SANDRE (French), accessed on February 19, 2010, rounded to the nearest kilometer.