Ellez

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Ellez
Elez
Reservoir de Saint-Michel

Reservoir de Saint-Michel

Data
Water code FR :  J3624000
location France , Brittany region
River system Aulne
Drain over Aulne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Rivoal,
48 ° 21 ′ 23 ″  N , 3 ° 57 ′ 37 ″  W
Source height approx.  285  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Plouyé and Landeleau in the Aulne Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 33 ″  N , 3 ° 41 ′ 36 ″  W 48 ° 16 ′ 33 ″  N , 3 ° 41 ′ 36 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  65  m
Height difference approx. 220 m
Bottom slope approx. 7.9 ‰
length 28 km
Catchment area 136 km²
Reservoirs flowed through Reservoir de Saint-Michel

The Ellez is a river in France that runs in the Finistère department in the Brittany region . It rises in the Armorique Regional Nature Park , near the hamlet of Roquinarc'h , in the municipality of Saint-Rivoal , and in its upper reaches it crosses the Yeun Elez marshland and the Réservoir de Saint-Michel , which is dammed up to cool the Brennilis nuclear power plant (shut down in 1985) has been. The river generally drains in a south-easterly direction and flows into the Aulne as a right tributary after 28 kilometers at the town of Pénity-Saint-Laurent , on the municipal boundary of Plouyé and Landeleau .

Places on the river

(in flow order)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Ellez at SANDRE (French), accessed on March 23, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.