Maronne (river)
Maronne | ||
The Maronne valley near Saint-Paul-de-Salers |
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Water code | FR : P1-0250 | |
location | France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions | |
River system | Dordogne | |
Drain over | Dordogne → Atlantic Ocean | |
source | in the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Salers 45 ° 7 ′ 43 ″ N , 2 ° 37 ′ 35 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 1400 m | |
muzzle | south of Argentat in the Dordogne Coordinates: 45 ° 4 ′ 21 " N , 1 ° 55 ′ 39" E 45 ° 4 ′ 21 " N , 1 ° 55 ′ 39" E |
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Mouth height | approx. 166 m | |
Height difference | approx. 1234 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 13 ‰ | |
length | 93 km | |
Left tributaries | Etze | |
Right tributaries | Incon | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Barrage d'Enchanet , Barrage du Gour Noir , Barrage de Hautefage |
The Maronne is a river in France that runs through the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. It rises in the Monts du Cantal , on the northern flank of the Roc des Ombres , in the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Salers . It flows in the upper reaches through the Regional Nature Park Volcans d'Auvergne , is then dammed several times and generally drains west to south-west. The Maronne flows into the Dordogne as a left tributary after 93 kilometers south of Argentat . On her way she crosses the Cantal and Corrèze departments .