Couze (Gartempe)

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Couze
Romanesque bridge over the river

Romanesque bridge over the river

Data
Water code FR :  L5114000
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Loire
Drain over Gartempe  → Creuse  → Vienne  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Léger-la-Montagne
46 ° 1 ′ 3 ″  N , 1 ° 27 ′ 8 ″  E
Source height approx.  571  m
muzzle at the municipal boundary of Rancon and Balledent in the Gartempe coordinates: 46 ° 7 '55 "  N , 1 ° 12' 33"  E 46 ° 7 '55 "  N , 1 ° 12' 33"  E
Mouth height approx.  198  m
Height difference approx. 373 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length 35 km
Reservoirs flowed through Etang de Pierre Millier, Etang de Couze, Lac de Saint-Pardoux

The Couze is a river in France that runs in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises in the Monts d'Ambazac mountainous region in the municipality of Saint-Léger-la-Montagne , generally drains in a north-westerly direction, is dammed up several times to form lakes and flows into the Gartempe as a left tributary at the municipal boundary of Rancon and Balledent . At the mouth of the river, the river branches into several arms.

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Attractions

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on May 21, 2015, rounded to full kilometers
  4. ↑ Entry no. PA00125518 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)