Escalmels

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Escalmels
Data
Water code FR :  P19-0400
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitania regions
River system Dordogne
Drain over Cère  → Dordogne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Saury,
44 ° 50 ′ 40 ″  N , 2 ° 7 ′ 39 ″  E
Source height approx.  734  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Comiac and Lamativie in the Cère coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′ 34 ″  N , 2 ° 0 ′ 30 ″  E, 44 ° 58 ′ 34 ″  N , 2 ° 0 ′ 30 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  260  m
Height difference approx. 474 m
Bottom slope approx. 19 ‰
length 25 km
Right tributaries Rességue

The Escalmels (French: Ruisseau d'Escalmels ) is a river in France that runs in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitania regions. It rises under the name Ruisseau d'Ayguesparses in the hamlet of the same name Ayguesparses in the municipality of Saint-Saury , generally drains north to northwest and flows into the Gorges de la Cère as a right tributary after 25 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Comiac and Lamativie in the Gorges de la Cère gorge Cère . On its way, the Escamels crosses the Cantal and Lot departments and meets the Corrèze department at its confluence .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on March 8, 2014, rounded to full kilometers