Auvignon

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Auvignon
Grand Auvignon
Data
Water code FR :  O64-0400
location France , Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions
River system Garonne
Drain over Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Mas-d'Auvignon
43 ° 53 '40 "  N , 0 ° 30' 59"  O
Source height approx.  185  m
muzzle in the municipality of Feugarolles in the Garonne Coordinates: 44 ° 14 ′ 25 ″  N , 0 ° 22 ′ 9 ″  E 44 ° 14 ′ 25 ″  N , 0 ° 22 ′ 9 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  34  m
Height difference approx. 151 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.7 ‰
length 56 km
Right tributaries Petit Auvignon , Gaule

The Auvignon is a river in France that runs through the Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. It rises in the municipality of Mas-d'Auvignon , generally drains north-west to north, leads to the confluence of the Petit Auvignon initially the name Grand Auvignon and after 56 kilometers flows into the Garonne as a left tributary at the hamlet of Méneaux , in the municipality of Feugarolles . In the opening section of the Auvignon passes under shipping channel Canal latéral à la Garonne . On its way, the river touches the Gers and Lot-et-Garonne departments .

Places on the river

(in flow order)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Auvignon at SANDRE (French), accessed on June 3, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.