Mède
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Mède Vallon des Paillasses |
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 The river at Loriol-du-Comtat |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : V61-0420 | |
| location | France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region | |
| River system | Rhône | |
| Drain over | Sorgue → Ouvèze → Rhône → Mediterranean | |
| source | in the municipality of Bédoin, 44 ° 9 ′ 27 ″ N , 5 ° 12 ′ 54 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 893 m | |
| muzzle | in the municipality of Bédarrides in the Sorgue coordinates: 44 ° 2 ′ 1 ″ N , 4 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E, 44 ° 2 ′ 1 ″ N , 4 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 23 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 870 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 25 ‰ | |
| length | 35 km | |
| Discharge at the Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols A Eo gauge : 89 km² |
MQ Mq |
94 l / s 1.1 l / (s km²) |
| Right tributaries | Brégoux | |
The Mède is a river in France that runs in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It hides behind a number of changing names and rises initially under the name Vallon des Paillasses on the southern flank of Mont Ventoux , in the municipality of Bédoin , generally drains in a south-westerly direction, now takes the name Mède in its middle reaches and flows after a total of 35 kilometers under the name Grande Levade in the municipality of Bédarrides as a right tributary to the Sorgue .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
Web links
Commons : Mède - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Mède at SANDRE (French), accessed on June 29, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.
- ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (Station: V6115010 , Option: Synthèse ) .