Briance

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Briance
The river just before the mouth

The river just before the mouth

Data
Water code FR :  L05-0300
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Loire
Drain over Vienne  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
origin Confluence of two source streams in the municipality of La Croisille-sur-Briance
45 ° 36 ′ 58 ″  N , 1 ° 36 ′ 55 ″  E
Source height approx.  468  m
muzzle near L'Aiguille , in the municipality of Bosmie-l'Aiguille in the Vienne Coordinates: 45 ° 46 ′ 55 ″  N , 1 ° 12 ′ 15 ″  E 45 ° 46 ′ 55 ″  N , 1 ° 12 ′ 15 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  205  m
Height difference approx. 263 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.5 ‰
length 58 km
Catchment area 618 km²
Left tributaries Blanzou , Breuilh , Ligoure
Right tributaries Petite Briance , Roselle

The Briance (in the upper reaches also: Grande Briance ) is a river in France that runs in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It has its origins in the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park , where it is created in the municipality of La Croisille-sur-Briance by the confluence of two source streams. The Briance generally drains in a north-westerly direction and flows into the Vienne as a left tributary after 58 kilometers at L'Aiguille , in the municipality of Bosmie-l'Aiguille .

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Briance  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information on the Briance from SANDRE (French), accessed on November 17, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.