Forges (Bradascou)
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Forges Ruisseau des Forges |
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| Water code | FR : P3160500 | |
| location | France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region | |
| River system | Dordogne | |
| Drain over | Bradascou → Vézère → Dordogne → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | in the municipality of La Porcherie 45 ° 34 ′ 38 ″ N , 1 ° 34 ′ 38 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 463 m | |
| muzzle | on the municipal boundary of Uzerche and Condat-sur-Ganaveix in the Bradascou coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 20 ″ N , 1 ° 34 ′ 17 ″ E 45 ° 26 ′ 20 ″ N , 1 ° 34 ′ 17 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 295 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 168 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 7.6 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 22 km | |
| Flowing lakes | Etang de Piquette, Plan d'Eau de Forges, Etang de Lachamps | |
The Forges is a river in France that runs in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises under the name Ruisseau de Piquette in the eastern municipality of La Porcherie , generally drains in a southerly direction and flows into the Bradascou after about 22 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Uzerche and Condat-sur-Ganaveix as a right tributary . On its way, the Forges crosses the Haute-Vienne and Corrèze departments . For a large part of its way, the river is accompanied by the Les Aubrais-Orléans-Montauban-Ville-Bourbon railway line .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Cirat , municipality of La Porcherie
- Piquette , municipality of La Porcherie
- Les Bertranges , municipality of Masseret
- Roumailhac , Lamongerie Parish
- Salon-la-Tour
- Vernéjoux , municipality of Condat-sur-Ganaveix
- Le Pouyau , municipality of Condat-sur-Ganaveix
- Les Chabannes , Uzerche municipality