Oudon (Mayenne)

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Oudon
The river in Segré

The river in Segré

Data
Water code FR :  M3-0180
location France , Pays de la Loire region
River system Loire
Drain over Mayenne  → Maine  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of La Gravelle
48 ° 4 ′ 21 ″  N , 1 ° 1 ′ 14 ″  W
Source height approx.  160  m
muzzle at Le Lion-d'Angers in the Mayenne coordinates: 47 ° 36 ′ 58 ″  N , 0 ° 41 ′ 41 ″  W 47 ° 36 ′ 58 ″  N , 0 ° 41 ′ 41 ″  W.
Mouth height approx.  18  m
Height difference approx. 142 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.4 ‰
length 103 km
Left tributaries Hière , Sazée
Right tributaries Mée , Usure , Chéran , Araize , Verzée
Reservoirs flowed through Étang de Terchant , Étang de la Guéhardière
Small towns Segré , Craon
Navigable between Segré and the estuary

The Oudon is a river in France , in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises in the municipality of La Gravelle at an altitude of 160 meters and basically drains in a south-easterly direction. It has a course with a multitude of meanders and flows into the Mayenne as a right tributary after 103 kilometers southeast of Le Lion-d'Angers . On its way the Oudon crosses the departments of Mayenne and Maine-et-Loire .

The Oudon is navigable from the estuary to the town of Segré and is now used for water tourism with sport boats and houseboats .

Places on the river

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Oudon at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 27, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.