Don (Vilaine)

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Don
Flow sketch of the river

Flow sketch of the river

Data
Water code FR :  J79-0300
location France , Pays de la Loire region
River system Vilaine
Drain over Vilaine  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux,
47 ° 38 ′ 55 ″  N , 1 ° 8 ′ 11 ″  W
Source height approx.  93  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Massérac and Avessac in the Vilaine Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 16 ″  N , 1 ° 57 ′ 23 ″  W 47 ° 40 ′ 16 ″  N , 1 ° 57 ′ 23 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  3  m
Height difference approx. 90 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.98 ‰
length 92 km
Discharge at the Guémené-Penfao
A Eo gauge : 598 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		3.9 m³ / s
6.5 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Petit Don , Sauzignac
Right tributaries Gravotel (also Tertre ), Cône
Reservoirs flowed through Étang de Maubusson , Étang de la Selle , Étang de la Forge Neuve
Small towns Guémené-Penfao

The Don is a river in France that runs predominantly in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises in the municipality of Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux , in the neighboring department of Maine-et-Loire . Its source stream changes its name several times and is only referred to as Don below the small reservoir Étang de la Selle . It generally drains in a westerly direction and flows into the Vilaine as a left tributary after 92 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Massérac and Avessac . Here, on the opposite bank, it meets the bordering Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany region .

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Don  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  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 Don from SANDRE (French), accessed on November 17, 2011, rounded to the nearest kilometer.
  3. ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: J7963010 , option: Synthèse ) .
The river at Guémené-Penfao