Auxance
Auxance | ||
The Auxance in Migné-Auxances |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 .