Chèze (river)
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Chèze chaise |
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 The river in the damming |
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| Water code | FR : J7364200 | |
| location | France , Brittany region | |
| River system | Vilaine | |
| Drain over | Meu → Vilaine → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | in the municipality of Plélan-le-Grand, 48 ° 1 ′ 13 ″ N , 2 ° 5 ′ 2 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 144 m | |
| muzzle | on the municipal boundary of Talensac and Bréal-sous-Montfort in the Meu coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 17 ″ N , 1 ° 52 ′ 29 ″ W 48 ° 4 ′ 17 ″ N , 1 ° 52 ′ 29 ″ W |
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| Mouth height | approx. 25 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 119 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 5 ‰ | |
| length | 24 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Barrage de la Cheze | |
The Chèze (also known as the Chaise ) is a river in France that runs in the Ille-et-Vilaine in the Brittany region . It has its source in the municipality of Plélan-le-Grand , generally drains east to northeast and flows into the Meu as a left tributary after 24 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Talensac and Bréal-sous-Montfort .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Plélan-le-Grand
- Saint-Thurial
- Les Quatre Routes , municipality of Bréal-sous-Montfort
Hydrology
Above Saint-Thurial, the river has been dammed up into a seven-kilometer lake since 1975. It has a capacity of around 14.5 million m³ and is used to supply the city of Rennes with drinking water .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on September 21, 2014, rounded to full kilometers
- ↑ Information about the Barrage de la Chèze ( Memento from February 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )