Madrange

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Madrange
Data
Water code FRP3110500
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Dordogne
Drain over Vézère  → Dordogne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Augustin
45 ° 28 ′ 49 ″  N , 1 ° 50 ′ 45 ″  E
Source height approx.  796  m
muzzle in the municipality of Pierrefitte in the Vézère coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 43 ″  N , 1 ° 39 ′ 13 ″  E 45 ° 26 ′ 43 ″  N , 1 ° 39 ′ 13 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  309  m
Height difference approx. 487 m
Bottom slope approx. 23 ‰
length approx. 21 km

The Madrange is a river in France that runs in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises in the Massif des Monédières , at the Col du Bos , in the municipality of Saint-Augustin and crosses the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park in the upper reaches . It generally drains south-southwest and flows into the Vézère as a left tributary after around 21 kilometers in the municipality of Pierrefitte .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

  • La Forêt de Chauzeix , parish of Saint-Augustin
  • Madranges
  • La Praderie , municipality of Le Lonzac
  • Le Suc , municipality of Le Lonzac
  • Chaillac , Chamboulive parish
  • La Maisonneuve , municipality of Chamboulive
  • Signarbieux , municipality of Chamboulive
  • Raboux , parish of Pierrefitte

Individual evidence

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