Gijou

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Gijou
The Gijou in Lacaze

The Gijou in Lacaze

Data
Water code FR :  O41-0430
location France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Agout  → Tarn  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Lacaune,
43 ° 42 ′ 8 "  N , 2 ° 40 ′ 32"  E
Source height approx.  780  m
muzzle below Vabre in the Agout coordinates: 43 ° 40 ′ 41 ″  N , 2 ° 24 ′ 19 ″  E, 43 ° 40 ′ 41 ″  N , 2 ° 24 ′ 19 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  200  m
Height difference approx. 580 m
Bottom slope approx. 12 ‰
length 50 km
Left tributaries Bertou

The Gijou is a river in France that runs in the Tarn department in the Occitanie region . It rises in the Monts de Lacaune , in the municipality of Lacaune , generally drains westwards, later south-west through the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park and flows into the Agout 50 kilometers below Vabre as a right tributary .

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Gijou  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 Gijou at SANDRE (French), accessed on March 9, 2010, rounded to the nearest kilometer.