Desix
| Desix | ||
 The Desix in Ansignan |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : Y0620520 | |
| location | France , Occitania region | |
| River system | Agly | |
| Drain over | Agly → Mediterranean | |
| source | in the municipality of Rabouillet 42 ° 42 ′ 30 ″ N , 2 ° 20 ′ 1 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 1360 m | |
| muzzle | in the municipality of Ansignan in the Agly coordinates: 42 ° 45 ′ 31 ″ N , 2 ° 31 ′ 42 ″ E 42 ° 45 ′ 31 ″ N , 2 ° 31 ′ 42 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 160 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1200 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 38 ‰ | |
| length | 32 km | |
| Left tributaries | Matassa | |
The Desix is a river in France that runs in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region . It rises just outside the Regional Natural Park of Pyrénées Catalanes , on the northwest flank of the Croix de Marquixanes (1395 m), in the municipality of Rabouillet , generally drains in a northeastern direction and flows after 32 kilometers in the municipality of Ansignan as a right tributary into the Agly , the immediately then forms a reservoir at the Barrage de l'Agly .
Places on the river
Attractions
- The pre-Romanesque chapel of Saint-Michel de Sournia is located just south-west of Sournia , only about 200 meters from the shore .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.fr (1: 32,000)
- ↑ estuary geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Desix from SANDRE (French), accessed on May 8, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.