Credogne

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Credogne
Data
Water code FR :  K2994000
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Loire
Drain over Dore  → Allier  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Victor-Montvianeix
45 ° 56 ′ 32 ″  N , 3 ° 40 ′ 34 ″  E
Source height approx.  1125  m
muzzle in the municipality of Puy-Guillaume in the Dore coordinates: 45 ° 58 ′ 23 "  N , 3 ° 28 ′ 25"  E 45 ° 58 ′ 23 "  N , 3 ° 28 ′ 25"  E
Mouth height approx.  269  m
Height difference approx. 856 m
Bottom slope approx. 31 ‰
length 28 km
Reservoirs flowed through Barrage de la Muratte

The Credogne is a river in France that runs in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises at the Col des Planchettes in the municipality of Saint-Victor-Montvianeix , drains with a few changes of direction generally to the west, crosses the Regional Nature Park Livradois-Forez and after a total of 28 kilometers flows into the municipality of Puy-Guillaume as a right tributary into the Dore .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Attractions

  • Cascade du Creux Saillant, waterfall near Saint-Victor-Montvianeix

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b The information on the river length is based on the information about the Credogne from SANDRE (French), accessed on May 2, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.