Mère (Vendée)
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Water code | FR : N7114000 | |
location | France , Pays de la Loire region | |
River system | Sèvre Niortaise | |
Drain over | Vendée → Sèvre Niortaise → Atlantic Ocean | |
source | on the municipal boundary of Breuil-Barret and Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin 46 ° 40 ′ 30 ″ N , 0 ° 39 ′ 37 ″ W |
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Source height | approx. 210 m | |
muzzle | at Mervent in the Vendée coordinates: 46 ° 31 ′ 10 ″ N , 0 ° 45 ′ 24 ″ W 46 ° 31 ′ 10 ″ N , 0 ° 45 ′ 24 ″ W. |
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Mouth height | approx. 30 m | |
Height difference | approx. 180 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 5.5 ‰ | |
length | 33 km | |
Catchment area | approx. 175 km² | |
Right tributaries | Petit Fougerais | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Barrage de Pierre Brunne, Barrage de Mervent | |
The river at Vouvant |
The Mère is a river in France that runs in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises under the name Ruisseau de Garbaudières , near the hamlet of the same name, Les Garbaudières , on the municipal boundary of Breuil-Barret and Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin , generally drains south-west to south and, after 33 kilometers, flows into the backwater of the Barrage de at Mervent Mervent as a right tributary to the Vendée .
Places on the river
(in flow order)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Mère at SANDRE (French), accessed on April 12, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.