Berre (Mediterranean)

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Berre
The river before it flows into the lagoon lake

The river before it flows into the lagoon lake

Data
Water code FR :  Y08-0400
location France , Occitania region
River system Berre
source in the parish of Quintillan
42 ° 57 ′ 10 ″  N , 2 ° 42 ′ 9 ″  E
Source height approx.  427  m
muzzle in the municipality of Port-la-Nouvelle in the Mediterranean Coordinates: 43 ° 0 ′ 48 ″  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 7 ″  E, 43 ° 0 ′ 48 ″  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 7 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  0  m
Height difference approx. 427 m
Bottom slope approx. 8.1 ‰
length 53 km
Catchment area approx. 628 km²
Flowing lakes Etang de Bages et de Sigean
Small towns Port-la-Nouvelle

The Berre is a coastal river in France that runs in the Aude department in the Occitanie region . It rises in the landscape of the Corbières , in the municipality of Quintillan , drains generally in a north-easterly direction, reaches the Regional Nature Park Narbonnaise en Méditerranée and initially flows into the lagoon lake Étang de Bages et de Sigean at Peyriac-de-Mer . Their water masses then flow in the lake to the southeast and reach the Mediterranean after a total of 53 kilometers in the municipality of Port-la-Nouvelle .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Web links

Commons : Berre  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Flight with a drone over the mouth of the river in the lagoon lake

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b Water information system , Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on November 28, 2016, rounded to full kilometers
  4. ↑ Girault de Saint-Fargeau, 1799–1855 .: Histoire nationale ou dictionnaire géographique de toutes les communes du département de l'Aude, ouvrage orné de cartes, de gravures, de portraits et de vignettes . Les Éd. de la Tour Gile, 1996, ISBN 2-87802-265-3 .