Coly (Vezere)

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Coly
The Coly at La Cassagne

The Coly at La Cassagne

Data
Water code FR :  P4130500
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Dordogne
Drain over Vézère  → Dordogne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of La Cassagne
45 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 17 ′ 32 ″  E
Source height approx.  120  m
muzzle in the local area of Condat-sur-Vézère in the Vézère coordinates: 45 ° 7 ′ 3 ″  N , 1 ° 13 ′ 43 ″  E 45 ° 7 ′ 3 ″  N , 1 ° 13 ′ 43 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  79  m
Height difference approx. 41 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.1 ‰
length 10 km
Catchment area 169 km²
Left tributaries Chironde

The Coly is a river in France that runs in the Dordogne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises from a karst spring at La Cassagne and flows into the Vézère at Condat-sur- Vézère .

geography

Doux de Coly

The karst spring Doux de Coly

The Coly rises northwest of La Cassagne from the karst spring Doux de Coly , also called Source du Coly or just Dotz in Occitan . It is a bluish shimmering spring pot , about 40 m wide and 10 m deep , directly on Departementsstrasse  62. The dammed spring has an average temperature of 11 ° C and is privately owned. The spring water comes from sinkholes nearby. A dry valley runs above the source . The karst spring pours between 100 and 4000 l / s, the average discharge is 400 l / s.

course

The Coly generally flows in a north-westerly direction, takes up the significantly longer Chironde tributary at Coly and flows into the Vézère as a left tributary after 10 kilometers in the local area of Condat-sur- Vézère .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

  • Waterfalls of the Coly

  • The Coly at Bouch

  • Estuary into the Vézère

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Coly from SANDRE (French), accessed on August 19, 2013, rounded to the nearest kilometer.