Luzège

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Luzège
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Water code FR :  P11-0400
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Dordogne
Drain over Dordogne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Meymac
45 ° 35 ′ 40 ″  N , 2 ° 6 ′ 52 ″  E
Source height approx.  930  m
muzzle below Laval-sur-Luzège in the Dordogne Coordinates: 45 ° 13 ′ 37 "  N , 2 ° 8 ′ 27"  E 45 ° 13 ′ 37 "  N , 2 ° 8 ′ 27"  E
Mouth height approx.  258  m
Height difference approx. 672 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length 64 km
Left tributaries Vianon
Right tributaries Soudeillette
Reservoirs flowed through Barrage de la Luzège

The Luzège is a river in France that runs in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises on the Plateau de Millevaches in the municipality of Meymac , generally drains in a southerly direction, crosses the Millevaches en Limousin regional nature park in the upper reaches and flows into the Dordogne after 64 kilometers below Laval-sur-Luzège in the Barrage du Chastang as a right tributary . Near Lapleau is located dam Barrage de la Luzège well as the famous Viaduc des Rochers Noirs .

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 Luzège from SANDRE (French), accessed on January 31, 2010, rounded to the nearest kilometer.