Mare (Orb)

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Mare
Old Marebrücke at Andabre

Old Marebrücke at Andabre

Data
Water code FR :  Y2520500
location France , Occitania region
River system Orb
Drain over Orb  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Castanet-le-Haut,
43 ° 39 ′ 28 ″  N , 2 ° 56 ′ 15 ″  E
Source height approx.  1110  m
muzzle at Hérépian in the Orb coordinates: 43 ° 35 ′ 29 "  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 21"  E 43 ° 35 ′ 29 "  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 21"  E
Mouth height approx.  180  m
Height difference approx. 930 m
Bottom slope approx. 31 ‰
length approx. 30 km
Catchment area 122 km²
Left tributaries Bouissou
Right tributaries Casselouvre

The Mare is a river in southern France that runs in the Hérault department , in the Occitania region , in the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park . It rises in the Monts de l'Espinouse , on the northern flank of the summit of the same name, Sommet de l'Espinouse (1124 m), in the municipality of Castanet-le-Haut , first drains in an easterly direction, but then swings to the south and flows around 30 kilometers at Hérépian as a right tributary into the Orb .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Attractions

  • Pont du Diable, old bridge over the Mare at Villemagne-l'Argentière

Web links

Commons : Mare  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Mare at SANDRE (French), accessed on April 15, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.