Cère
| Cère | ||
 Gorges de la Cère |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : P1-0290 | |
| location | Southwest France | |
| River system | Dordogne | |
| Drain over | Dordogne → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | at the Col de Font de Cère , in the municipality of Saint-Jacques-des-Blats 45 ° 5 ′ 4 ″ N , 2 ° 43 ′ 49 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 1250 m | |
| muzzle | near Girac in the Dordogne coordinates: 44 ° 54 ′ 34 " N , 1 ° 48 ′ 45" E 44 ° 54 ′ 34 " N , 1 ° 48 ′ 45" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 127 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1123 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 9.4 ‰ | |
| length | 120 km | |
| Discharge at the Biars-sur-Cère A Eo gauge : 1096 km² |
MQ Mq |
26 m³ / s 23.7 l / (s km²) |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lac du Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès | |
| Small towns | Arpajon-sur-Cère | |
The Cère is a river in southwest France . It rises in the Monts du Cantal , on the Col de Font de Cère , in the municipality of Saint-Jacques-des-Blats . It generally drains westwards and after 120 kilometers flows into the Dordogne as a left tributary at Girac . In the middle reaches the Cère is dammed and forms the reservoir of Saint-Étienne-Cantalès .
Crossed departments
- Cantal (in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region )
- Corrèze (in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region )
- Lot (in the Occitania region )
Places on the river
- Saint-Jacques-des-Blats
- Vic-sur-Cère
- Arpajon-sur-Cère , near Aurillac
- Sansac-de-Marmiesse
- Laroquebrou
- Gagnac-sur-Cère
- Bretenoux
Tributaries
(Order in flow direction)
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Left tributaries: |
Right tributaries: |
Attractions
- Gorges de la Cère , an imposing gorge
Web links
Commons : Cère - collection of images, videos and audio files
Remarks
- ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Cère at SANDRE (French), accessed on April 23, 2009, rounded to full kilometers.
- ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: P1962910 , option: Synthèse ) .