Gane

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Gane
Dozanne
The river at Saint-Fréjoux

The river at Saint-Fréjoux

Data
Water code FRP0760500
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Dordogne
Drain over Diège  → Dordogne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Aix
43 ° 25 ′ 12 ″  N , 0 ° 14 ′ 22 ″  E
Source height approx.  739  m
muzzle in the municipality of Saint-Victour in the Diège coordinates: 45 ° 27 ′ 21 ″  N , 2 ° 21 ′ 38 ″  E 45 ° 27 ′ 21 ″  N , 2 ° 21 ′ 38 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  542  m
Height difference approx. 197 m
Bottom slope approx. 10 ‰
length approx. 19 km

The Gane (in the upper reaches Dozanne called) is a river in France , who in the Correze in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine runs. It rises in the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park , in the municipality of Aix from several source streams and initially drains under the name Dozanne in a generally southern direction. Below Veyrières is it with its definitive name Gane called and ends after a total of about 19 kilometers in the municipality of Saint-Victour in the backwater of the dam Barrage des Chaumettes as a left tributary to the Diège .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Individual evidence

  1. Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. Gane at SANDRE (French)