Banize (Taurion)

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Banize
Data
Water code FRL0214000
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Loire
Drain over Taurion  → Vienne  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Gentioux-Pigerolles
45 ° 49 ′ 47 ″  N , 2 ° 1 ′ 33 ″  E
Source height approx.  726  m
muzzle in the municipality of Banize in the Taurion Coordinates: 45 ° 56 ′ 2 ″  N , 1 ° 58 ′ 29 ″  E 45 ° 56 ′ 2 ″  N , 1 ° 58 ′ 29 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  489  m
Height difference approx. 237 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length 21 km
Catchment area 105 km²

The Banize is a river in France that runs in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises in the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park , in the municipality of Gentioux-Pigerolles , drains in an arc from northeast over north to northwest and flows into the Taurion after 21 kilometers in the municipality of Banize as a right tributary .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Individual evidence

  1. Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Banize at SANDRE (French), accessed on December 8, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.