Aven (river)
Aven | ||
The mouth of the Aven |
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Water code | FR : J46-0300 | |
location | France , Brittany region | |
River system | Aven | |
source | northeast of Coray 48 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ N , 3 ° 48 ′ 44 ″ W |
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Source height | approx. 203 m | |
muzzle | at Port Manec'h , in the municipality of Névez , in the Atlantic Ocean Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 5 ″ N , 3 ° 44 ′ 6 ″ W 47 ° 48 ′ 5 ″ N , 3 ° 44 ′ 6 ″ W |
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Mouth height | 0 m | |
Height difference | approx. 203 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 5.2 ‰ | |
length | 39 km | |
Left tributaries | Ster-Goz | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Barrage de Rosporden | |
Small towns | Rosporden | |
Navigable | from the mouth to Pont-Aven |
The Aven is a coastal river in France that runs in the Finistère department in the Brittany region . It rises just northeast of Coray , generally drains in a southerly direction and flows into the Atlantic Ocean after 39 kilometers at Port Manec'h , in the municipality of Névez . Below Pont-Aven it is subject to the tides ; it has an estuary about five kilometers long . Immediately at its mouth, it meets the mouth of the Bélon River .
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