Auxois (river)

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Auxois
Data
Water code FR :  F3031000
location France , Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region
River system His
Drain over Yonne  → Seine  → English Channel
source in the local area of Lormes
47 ° 17 ′ 49 ″  N , 3 ° 51 ′ 50 ″  E
Source height approx.  505  m
muzzle in the municipality of Ruages in the Yonne Coordinates: 47 ° 18 ′ 13 ″  N , 3 ° 40 ′ 2 ″  E 47 ° 18 ′ 13 ″  N , 3 ° 40 ′ 2 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  177  m
Height difference approx. 328 m
Bottom slope approx. 14 ‰
length 23 km
Catchment area 754 km²
Reservoirs flowed through Étang du Moulin du Bois , Étang du Goulot

The Auxois is a river in France that runs in the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . It rises under the name Ruisseau du Moulin du Bois in the municipality of Lormes , in the Morvan Regional Nature Park . Only below Lormes he takes the name Auxois, dehydrated generally in a westerly direction and ends after 23 kilometers on the southwest municipal boundary of Ruages as right tributary of the Yonne , which in this area the ship channel Canal du Nivernais accompanied.

Places on the river

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information on the Auxois at SANDRE (French), accessed on June 20, 2010, rounded to the nearest kilometer.