Diège (Dordogne)

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the Diège below Ussel

the Diège below Ussel

Data
Water code FR :  P07-0400
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Dordogne
Drain over Dordogne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Setiers
45 ° 43 ′ 39 ″  N , 2 ° 8 ′ 15 ″  E
Source height approx.  800  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Roche-le-Peyroux and Saint-Julien-près-Bort in the Dordogne Coordinates: 45 ° 24 ′ 51 ″  N , 2 ° 22 ′ 52 ″  E 45 ° 24 ′ 51 ″  N , 2 ° 22 ′ 52 ″  O
Mouth height approx.  400  m
Height difference approx. 400 m
Bottom slope approx. 7.4 ‰
length 54 km
Left tributaries Gane , Liège , Sarsonne
Reservoirs flowed through Barrage de Chaumettes
Small towns Ussel

The Diège is a river in France that runs in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises on the eastern edge of the Plateau de Millevaches , in the municipality of Saint-Setiers , drains generally in a south-easterly direction, crosses the Millevaches en Limousin regional nature park in the upper reaches and flows after 54 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Roche-le-Peyroux and Saint-Julien-près -Bort , in the Barrage de Marège , as a right tributary to the Dordogne .

Places on the river

Web links

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

Remarks

  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 Diège from SANDRE (French), accessed on February 26, 2010, rounded to the nearest kilometer.