Colmont

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Colmont
The Colmont on the municipal boundary between Désertines and Heussé

The Colmont on the municipal boundary between Désertines and Heussé

Data
Water code FR :  M32-0300
location France , Pays de la Loire region
River system Loire
Drain over Mayenne  → Maine  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Fougerolles-du-Plessis
48 ° 30 ′ 40 ″  N , 0 ° 57 ′ 8 ″  W
Source height approx.  216  m
muzzle below La Haie-Traversaine in the Mayenne coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 50 ″  N , 0 ° 36 ′ 16 ″  W 48 ° 22 ′ 50 ″  N , 0 ° 36 ′ 16 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  90  m
Height difference approx. 126 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.5 ‰
length 50 km

The Colmont is a river in France that runs predominantly in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises in the municipal area of Fougerolles-du-Plessis , generally drains in a south-easterly direction and flows 50 kilometers below La Haie-Traversaine , in the backwater of the Barrage de Saint-Frimbault-de-Prières , as a right tributary into the Mayenne . On its way, the Colmont crosses the Mayenne department and over longer stretches forms the border with the neighboring departments of Manche and Orne in the Normandy region .

Places on the river

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Colmont at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 25, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.