Coulomp
Coulomp | ||
The Coulomp and the Pont de la Reine Jeanne bridge near Saint-Benoît |
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Data | ||
Water code | FR : Y6030500 | |
location | France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region | |
River system | Var | |
Drain over | Var → Mediterranean | |
source | in the municipality of Castellet-lès-Sausses 44 ° 3 ′ 11 ″ N , 6 ° 41 ′ 58 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 1645 m | |
muzzle | on the municipal boundary of Saint-Benoît and Entrevaux in the Var Coordinates: 43 ° 58 ′ 12 ″ N , 6 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E, 43 ° 58 ′ 12 ″ N , 6 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 515 m | |
Height difference | approx. 1130 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 57 ‰ | |
length | 20 km | |
Catchment area | 238 km² | |
Right tributaries | Vaïre |
The Coulomp is a river in southeastern France that runs in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises on the southwest flank of the Montagne de Beaussebérard massif (2088 m), near the village of Aurent in the municipality of Castellet-lès-Sausses . From there it runs largely in a southerly direction before swiveling west of Saint-Benoît to the east. Here, the Vaïre, its most important tributary, flows from the right. At the municipal boundary of Saint-Benoît and Entrevaux , the Coulomp flows into the Var as a right tributary .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Aurent , municipality of Castellet-lès-Sausses
- Chabrières , municipality of Le Fugeret
- Braux
- Saint-Benoît
Attractions
- The Pont de la Reine Jeanne (German bridge of Queen Johanna) near Saint-Benoît from 1728/29. The bridge is registered as a monument historique . A predecessor structure can be traced back to the site in 1296.
Web links
Commons : Coulomp - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ a b Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on February 14, 2014, rounded to full kilometers
- ↑ Pont de la Reine Jeanne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)