Lauzon (Durance)

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Lauzon
The river in the estuary

The river in the estuary

Data
Water code FRX1330500
location France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system Rhône
Drain over Durance  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues
44 ° 3 ′ 6 ″  N , 5 ° 47 ′ 51 ″  E
Source height approx.  754  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of La Brillanne and Villeneuve in the Durance coordinates: 43 ° 54 ′ 37 ″  N , 5 ° 53 ′ 17 ″  E, 43 ° 54 ′ 37 ″  N , 5 ° 53 ′ 17 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  336  m
Height difference approx. 418 m
Bottom slope approx. 17 ‰
length 25 km
Right tributaries Beveron

The Lauzon is a river in France that runs in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises in the municipality of Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues , drains generally in a south-easterly direction through a sparsely populated area, crosses the Luberon Regional Nature Park and, after 25 kilometers, flows into the Durance as a right tributary at the municipal boundary of La Brillanne and Villeneuve .

Places on the river

Web links

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

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 Lauzon at SANDRE (French), accessed on July 20, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.