Brezons (river)

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Brezons
Data
Water code FR :  O7680500
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitania regions
River system Garonne
Drain over Truyère  → Lot  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipal area of Brezons
45 ° 3 ′ 10 ″  N , 2 ° 46 ′ 3 ″  E
Source height approx.  1597  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Thérondels and Paulhenc in the Truyère coordinates: 44 ° 51 ′ 22 ″  N , 2 ° 46 ′ 30 ″  E, 44 ° 51 ′ 22 ″  N , 2 ° 46 ′ 30 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  647  m
Height difference approx. 950 m
Bottom slope approx. 34 ‰
length approx. 28 km
Catchment area 102 km²
Right tributaries Hirondelle

The Brezons is a river in France that runs in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitania regions. It rises under the name Ruisseau des Livernade in the south of the Volcans d'Auvergne Regional Nature Park . The source is located on the southern flank of the Plomb du Cantal mountain peak in the area of ​​the municipality of the same name Brezons . It generally drains in a southerly direction and flows after about 28 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Thérondels and Paulhenc in the backwater of the Barrage de Sarrans as a right tributary into the Truyère . On its way, the Brezons crosses the Cantal department and in its mouth section forms the border with the Aveyron department , which also forms the border between the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitania regions.

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

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 July 11, 2014, rounded to full kilometers.