Lathan

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Lathan
Data
Water code FR :  L9110300
location France , Center-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire regions
River system Loire
Drain over Authion  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Ambillou,
47 ° 26 ′ 30 ″  N , 0 ° 24 ′ 39 ″  E
Source height approx.  100  m
muzzle below Longué-Jumelles in the Authion coordinates: 47 ° 23 '53 "  N , 0 ° 11' 46"  W 47 ° 23 '53 "  N , 0 ° 11' 46"  W
Mouth height approx.  20  m
Height difference approx. 80 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.4 ‰
length 58 km
Reservoirs flowed through Retenue de Pincemaille
Small towns Longué jumelles

The Lathan is a river in France that runs in the Center-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire regions. It rises in the municipality of Ambillou and supplies the water castle Champchevrier with water in its upper reaches . It then flows generally in a westerly direction and flows into the Authion as a right tributary after 58 kilometers below Longué-Jumelles . In its lower reaches, the Lathan crosses the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Nature Park . In its entire course it touches the departments of Indre-et-Loire and Maine-et-Loire .

Places on the river

Remarks

  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 Lathan at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 26, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.