Maumont (Corrèze)

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Maumont
Bridge over the river in Donzenac

Bridge over the river in Donzenac

Data
Water code FRP39-0400
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Dordogne
Drain over Corrèze  → Vézère  → Dordogne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the parish of Favars
45 ° 16 ′ 32 ″  N , 1 ° 40 ′ 36 ″  E
Source height approx.  430  m
muzzle in the municipality of Ussac in the Corrèze coordinates: 45 ° 9 ′ 58 ″  N , 1 ° 28 ′ 9 ″  E 45 ° 9 ′ 58 ″  N , 1 ° 28 ′ 9 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  99  m
Height difference approx. 331 m
Bottom slope approx. 8.9 ‰
length 37 km
Left tributaries Maumont Noir
Right tributaries clan

The Maumont (in the upper reaches: Maumont Blanc ) is a river in France that runs in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises in the municipality of Favars , drains with many changes of direction generally to the southwest, takes on its twin river Maumont Noir from the left , calls itself only Maumont and after a total of 37 kilometers it flows just west of Brive-la-Gaillarde , in the municipality of Ussac , as a right tributary into the Corrèze , which reaches the Vézère about 500 meters further below .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Web links

Commons : Maumont  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Maumont at SANDRE (French), accessed on August 2, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.