Dore (river)

Dore
Pont du Diable bridge in Olliergues
Data
Water code	FR :  K2--0190
location	France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system	Loire
Drain over	Allier  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source	on the municipal boundary of Saint-Germain-l'Herm and Saint-Bonnet-le-Bourg 45 ° 28 ′ 32 ″  N , 3 ° 34 ′ 56 ″  E
Source height	approx.  1034  m
muzzle	on the municipal boundary of Ris and Mons in the Allier Coordinates: 46 ° 0 ′ 35 "  N , 3 ° 28 ′ 26"  E 46 ° 0 ′ 35 "  N , 3 ° 28 ′ 26"  E
Mouth height	approx.  264  m
Height difference	approx. 770 m
Bottom slope	approx. 5.5 ‰
length	approx. 140 km
Left tributaries	Dolore , Miodet
Right tributaries	Faye , Couzon , Durolle , Credogne
Small towns	Ambert

The Dore is a river in France that runs in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises under the name Ruisseau de Berny near the hamlet of Le Brémont , on the municipal boundary of Saint-Germain-l'Herm and Saint-Bonnet-le-Bourg , first drains to the southeast, then turns north to northwest, crosses the Livradois Regional Nature Park -Forez and after around 140 kilometers it flows into the Allier as a right tributary on the municipal boundary of Ris and Mons .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

• Dore-l'Église
• Marsac-en-Livradois
• Ambert
• Vertolaye
• Olliergues
• Sauviat
• Courpière
• Néronde-sur-Dore
• Peschadoires
• Dorat
• Puy-Guillaume

Attractions

• Pont du Diable , medieval bridge (15th century) over the river at Olliergues - Monument historique

Web links

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

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 Dore at SANDRE (French), accessed on April 13, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.
4. ↑ Pont du Diable in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)