Gardon de Sainte-Croix
| Gardon de Sainte-Croix | ||
 View from Col des Faisses into the Vallée-Française |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : V7110500 | |
| location | France , Occitania region | |
| River system | Rhône | |
| Drain over | Gardon → Rhône → Mediterranean | |
| source | on the municipal boundary of Le Pompidou and Vebron 44 ° 14 ′ 1 ″ N , 3 ° 37 ′ 7 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 1016 m | |
| muzzle | in the municipality of Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française in the Gardon Coordinates: 44 ° 9 ′ 30 ″ N , 3 ° 50 ′ 45 ″ E, 44 ° 9 ′ 30 ″ N , 3 ° 50 ′ 45 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 224 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 792 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 28 ‰ | |
| length | 28 km | |
| Catchment area | 102 km² | |
The Gardon de Sainte-Croix is a river in France that runs in the Lozère department in the Occitanie region . It rises under the name Valat de Baumoleirou in the Cevennes National Park , on the municipal boundary of Le Pompidou and Vebron , drains in a north-westerly direction for the first few kilometers, but soon turns to the south-east, flows through the valley known as Vallée Française and flows just below the valley after 28 kilometers Hamlet Le Martinet in the municipality of Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française as a right tributary to the Gardon , which is called Gardon de Mialet in this section .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Biasses , municipality of Molezon
- Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française
- Le Clautrier , municipality of Moissac-Vallée-Française
- Le Martinet , parish of Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ a b Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on April 7, 2014, rounded to full kilometers