Litroux

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Litroux
The river at Culhat

The river at Culhat

Data
Water code FRK2734000
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Loire
Drain over Allier  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Neuville
45 ° 44 ′ 58 ″  N , 3 ° 27 ′ 22 ″  E
Source height approx.  461  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Culhat and Joze in the Allier Coordinates: 45 ° 53 ′ 2 ″  N , 3 ° 20 ′ 21 ″  E 45 ° 53 ′ 2 ″  N , 3 ° 20 ′ 21 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  288  m
Height difference approx. 173 m
Bottom slope approx. 6.4 ‰
length approx. 27 km

The Litroux is a river in France that runs in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises in the Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park , near the Château des Moulins castle , in the eastern municipality of Neuville , drains in an S-curve from north to southwest to north and flows into the Culhat and Joze municipality as a right tributary after around 27 kilometers the Allier . In its lower reaches, the Liroux crosses the Clermont-Ferrand-Saint-Just-sur-Loire railway and the A89 motorway .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. Litroux at SANDRE (French)