Ger (Garonne)

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Ger
Watermill at Aspet

Watermill at Aspet

Data
Water code FR02-0400
location France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Melles
42 ° 52 ′ 24 ″  N , 0 ° 49 ′ 58 ″  E
Source height approx.  2030  m
muzzle in the municipality of Pointis-Inard in the Garonne Coordinates: 43 ° 5 ′ 33 ″  N , 0 ° 49 ′ 37 ″  E 43 ° 5 ′ 33 ″  N , 0 ° 49 ′ 37 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  320  m
Height difference approx. 1710 m
Bottom slope approx. 46 ‰
length 37 km
Left tributaries job

The Ger is a river in France that runs in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region . It rises in the Pyrenees , on the northwest flank of the Cap de Gauch summit (2147 m), in the municipality of Melles . The source lies just outside the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park and is only about five kilometers from the border with Spain . The river generally drains in a northerly direction through the historic province of Comminges and flows into the Garonne as a right tributary after 37 kilometers in the municipality of Pointis-Inard .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Individual evidence

  1. Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Ger at SANDRE (French), accessed on June 18, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.