Peyne

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Peyne
Outflow of the Barrage des Olivettes reservoir

Outflow of the Barrage des Olivettes reservoir

Data
Water code FR :  Y2340500
location France , Occitania region
River system Herault
Drain over Hérault  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Pézènes-les-Mines
43 ° 36 ′ 43 ″  N , 3 ° 15 ′ 19 ″  E
Source height approx.  403  m
muzzle in the municipality of Pézenas in the Hérault coordinates: 43 ° 26 ′ 59 "  N , 3 ° 26 ′ 18"  E, 43 ° 26 ′ 59 "  N , 3 ° 26 ′ 18"  E
Mouth height approx.  10  m
Height difference approx. 393 m
Bottom slope approx. 12 ‰
length 33 km
Catchment area 120 km²
Reservoirs flowed through Barrage des Olivettes
Small towns Pézenas

The Peyne is a river in France that runs in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region . It rises near the hamlet of Taussac , in the municipality of Pézènes-les-Mines , generally drains in a south-easterly direction, flows through the reservoir above the Barrage des Olivettes and, after 33 kilometers in the municipality of Pézenas, flows into the Hérault as a right tributary .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.gouv.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Peyne at SANDRE (French), accessed on January 19, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.