Creuse (river)
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| Water code | FR : L --- 0070 | |
| location | western France | |
| River system | Loire | |
| Drain over | Vienne → Loire → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | in the municipality of Le Mas-d'Artige 45 ° 43 ′ 43 ″ N , 2 ° 10 ′ 47 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 810 m | |
| muzzle | west of Port-de-Piles in the Vienne Coordinates: 47 ° 0 ′ 22 ″ N , 0 ° 34 ′ 8 ″ E 47 ° 0 ′ 22 ″ N , 0 ° 34 ′ 8 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 40 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 770 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 2.9 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 263 km | |
| Catchment area | 10,279 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Sedelle , Gartempe | |
| Right tributaries | Rozeille , Petite Creuse , Gargilesse , Bouzanne , Suin , Claise , Esves | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lac de Chambon | |
| Small towns | Aubusson , Argenton-sur-Creuse , Guéret , Le Blanc , | |
_-_Rivi%C3%A8re.jpg) Creuse in Argenton-sur-Creuse |
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The Creuse is a river in France . It rises in the Massif Central , on the Plateau de Millevaches . Its source is in the municipality of Le Mas-d'Artige , at an altitude of about 810 meters. The Creuse first drains north, then turns north-west and flows into the Vienne as a right tributary after 263 kilometers at Bec des Deux Eaux , west of Port-de-Piles .
The upper reaches of the river runs through the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park , later it passes the Brenne Regional Nature Park .
The Creuse was already known in antiquity under the name Crosa .
Crossed departments
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine :
- Département Creuse (is named after the river)
Region Center-Val de Loire :
- Indre department
- Department Indre-et-Loire
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine :
- Département Vienne (as border river)
Places on the river
In the Creuse department:
In the Indre department:
In the Indre-et-Loire department:
In the Vienne department:
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
- ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Creuse at SANDRE (French), accessed November 11, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.
- ^ Max Ihm : Crosa , in: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswwissenschaft (RE), Volume IV, 2 (1901), Sp. 1725, full text on Wikisource .