Cousin (river)

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cousin
The river at Avallon

The river at Avallon

Data
Water code FR :  F31-0410
location France , Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region
River system His
Drain over Cure  → Seine
source in the municipality of Champeau-en-Morvan,
47 ° 14 ′ 25 ″  N , 4 ° 8 ′ 21 ″  E
Source height approx.  605  m
muzzle in the municipality of Givry in the Cure coordinates: 47 ° 31 ′ 36 ″  N , 3 ° 47 ′ 14 ″  E 47 ° 31 ′ 36 ″  N , 3 ° 47 ′ 14 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  132  m
Height difference approx. 473 m
Bottom slope approx. 7.1 ‰
length 67 km
Right tributaries Romanée
Reservoirs flowed through Étang des Hâtes , Étang Cousin , Étang Larnier , Lac de Saint-Agnan
Small towns Avallon

The Cousin (in the middle section: Trinquelin ) is a river in France that runs in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . It rises in the Morvan , in the municipality of Champeau-en-Morvan , generally dewatered in a northwesterly direction, going through the beginning a chain of smaller reservoirs and finally reaches Saint-Agnan the reservoir of the same name Lac de Saint-Agnan . Here he suddenly changes his name to Trinquelin . After the confluence of its right tributary Romanée , it is again called Cousin and flows into the Cure as a right tributary after a total of 67 kilometers in the municipality of Givry . On his way, the cousin crossed the departments of Côte-d'Or , Nièvre and Yonne .

Places on the river

Attractions

Web links

Commons : Cousin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 cousin at SANDRE (French), accessed on January 19, 2010, rounded to full kilometers.