Bramabiau

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Bramabiau
Bonheur
The karst spring of the Bramabiau

The karst spring of the Bramabiau

Data
Water code FR :  O3340630 , FR :  O3340640
location France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Trèvezel  → Dourbie  → Tarn  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the northwestern municipality of Valleraugue,
44 ° 6 ′ 54 ″  N , 3 ° 32 ′ 21 ″  E
Source height approx.  1410  m
muzzle near Le Roquet , in the southeastern municipality of Lanuéjols , in the Trèvezel coordinates: 44 ° 6 ′ 32 ″  N , 3 ° 25 ′ 44 ″  E, 44 ° 6 ′ 32 ″  N , 3 ° 25 ′ 44 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  760  m
Height difference approx. 650 m
Bottom slope approx. 59 ‰
length approx. 11 km

The Bramabiau is a river in France that runs in the Occitania region . It rises initially under the name Bonheur in the Cevennes National Park , near Mont Aigoual , in the north-western municipality of Valleraugue . The river generally drains in a westerly direction and disappears north of Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu in a cave, the Abîme de Bramabiau , in the karst underground. After about 500 meters it emerges as a waterfall from a karst spring and changes its name to Bramabiau . After a total of around 11 kilometers, it flows into the Trèvezel as a right tributary at Le Roquet , in the southeastern municipality of Meyrueis . In the mouth section, water is diverted from it via a canal for the supply of a hydropower station in Le Roquet . The Bramabiau crosses the Gard department on its way and reaches the Lozère department just before its mouth .

Places on the river

Attractions

Web links

Commons : Abîme de Bramabiau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Bramabiau at SANDRE (French) and the Bonheur at SANDRE (French), accessed on April 7, 2011, rounded to full kilometers. The upper reaches of the Bonheur are obviously wrongly regarded as a separate body of water.