Cèze
| Cèze | ||
 The river at Bessèges |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : V54-0400 | |
| location | France , Occitania region | |
| River system | Rhône | |
| Drain over | Rhône → Mediterranean | |
| source | in the municipality of Saint-André-Capcèze 44 ° 25 ′ 36 ″ N , 3 ° 58 ′ 9 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 895 m | |
| muzzle | on the municipal boundary of Codolet and Laudun-l'Ardoise in the Rhône Coordinates: 44 ° 6 ′ 30 ″ N , 4 ° 42 ′ 11 ″ E, 44 ° 6 ′ 30 ″ N , 4 ° 42 ′ 11 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 30 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 865 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 6.8 ‰ | |
| length | 128 km | |
| Left tributaries | Ganière , Claysse | |
| Right tributaries | Homol , Luech , Auzon , Aiguillon , Tave | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Retenue de Sénéchas | |
| Small towns | Bagnols-sur-Cèze | |
The Cèze is a river in France that runs in the Occitania region . It rises in the Cevennes , at the Truc du Samblonnet summit , in the municipality of Saint-André-Capcèze , generally drains in a south-easterly direction and, after 128 kilometers, flows into the Rhône as a right tributary at the municipal boundary of Codolet and Laudun-l'Ardoise . On its way, the Cèze crosses the Lozère and Gard departments . For a short distance it forms the border to the neighboring Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Bessèges
- Robiac-Rochessadoule
- Molières-sur-Cèze
- Meyrannes
- Saint-Ambroix
- Goudargues
- Saint-Gervais
- Bagnols-sur-Cèze
- Chusclan
- Codolet
Attractions
- At La Roque-sur-Cèze, the Cèze flows through an exposed area of limestone, where the Sautadet cascades , which are worth seeing , have formed.
- The lower reaches of the Cèze with the Gorges de la Cèze gorges are registered as Natura 2000 - FFH area with the code FR9101399.
- The Cèze is a water hiking area popular with canoeists .
See also
Web links
Commons : Cèze - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Cèze at SANDRE (French), accessed on March 22, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.
- ↑ Data on the Natura 2000 area Gorges de la Cèze (French)