Auxance

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Auxance
The Auxance in Migné-Auxances

The Auxance in Migné-Auxances

Data
Water code FR :  L24-0300
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Loire
Drain over Clain  → Vienne  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux
46 ° 36 ′ 4 ″  N , 0 ° 8 ′ 35 ″  W
Source height approx.  250  m
muzzle in the municipality of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou in the Clain coordinates: 46 ° 38 ′ 2 ″  N , 0 ° 22 ′ 8 ″  E 46 ° 38 ′ 2 ″  N , 0 ° 22 ′ 8 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  60  m
Height difference approx. 190 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.1 ‰
length 62 km
Catchment area 327 km²
Left tributaries Vendelogne
Small towns Migné auxances

The Auxance is a river in France that runs in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises from the Terrier du Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux , a prominent hill in the area of ​​the municipality of the same name, Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux . The Auxance generally drains in an easterly direction and flows into the Clain as a left tributary after 62 kilometers just north of Poitiers , in the municipality of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou . On her way she crosses the Deux-Sèvres and Vienne departments .

Places on the river

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the river length is based on the information about the Auxance at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 20, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.