Dore (river)
Dore | ||
Pont du Diable bridge in Olliergues |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Pont du Diable in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)