Giffou

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Giffou
Data
Water code FR :  O54-0430
location France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Céor  → Viaur  → Aveyron  → Tarn  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source on the municipal boundary of Villefranche-de-Panat and Lestrade-et-Thouels
44 ° 5 ′ 15 ″  N , 2 ° 41 ′ 10 ″  E
Source height approx.  770  m
muzzle at Castelpers in the municipality of Saint-Just-sur-Viaur in the Céor coordinates: 44 ° 7 '43 "  N , 2 ° 23' 22"  E, 44 ° 7 '43 "  N , 2 ° 23' 22"  E
Mouth height approx.  315  m
Height difference approx. 455 m
Bottom slope approx. 9.9 ‰
length 46 km
Discharge at the La Fabréguerie
A Eo gauge : 175 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		2.2 m³ / s
12.6 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Durenque , Fouquet (also called Cône )

The Giffou is a river in France that runs in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region . It rises west of Villefranche-de-Panat on the municipal boundary with Lestrade-et-Thuels , drains around half of its course to the southwest to west, then swings to west to northwest and flows after 46 kilometers at the town of Castelpers in the municipality of Saint-Just -sur-Viaur as a left tributary into the Céor .

Places on the river

The river crosses a sparsely populated area, so that only a few significant settlements can be found on the river. They are:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Giffou at SANDRE (French), accessed on February 5, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.
  3. ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: O5464310 , option: Synthèse )