Piou

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Piou
The Piou at Le-Mas-de-Muret

The Piou at Le-Mas-de-Muret

Data
Water code FR :  O7160500
location France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Colagne  → Lot  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source near the hamlet of Le Faltre in the municipality of Saint-Laurent-de-Muret
44 ° 36 ′ 24 ″  N , 3 ° 9 ′ 15 ″  E
Source height approx.  1321  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Marvejols and Chirac in the Colagne Coordinates: 44 ° 32 ′ 30 "  N , 3 ° 16 ′ 45"  E, 44 ° 32 ′ 30 "  N , 3 ° 16 ′ 45"  E
Mouth height approx.  634  m
Height difference approx. 687 m
Bottom slope approx. 43 ‰
length 16 km
Catchment area 24 km²
Communities Saint-Laurent-de-Muret , Antrenas , Chirac , Marvejols
Pont mégalithique (stone plate bridge) Pont de César near the hamlet of Le-Mas-de-Muret

The Piou is a small, largely natural mountain river in the Lozère department in the north of the French region of Occitania .

course

The Piou rises near the hamlet of Le Faltre in the municipality of Saint-Laurent-de-Muret at an altitude of 1321 meters. It then flows in a south-easterly direction and, after 16 kilometers, flows into the Colagne as a right tributary on the municipal boundary of Marvejols and Chirac .

Ecosystem

The Piou is not regulated by reservoirs and its banks are not fortified. There is not a single village right on the river; there are also no hiking trails along the river. Floods are frequent after the snowmelt in spring or after heavy rainfall ; due to its great difference in altitude, waterfalls form in some places . In its clear, not over-fertilized water, brown trout and crayfish cavort in many places .

Attractions

  • Stone slab bridge ( Pont de César ) near the hamlet of Le-Mas-de-Muret
  • Since 1995 the autoroute A75 ( La Méridienne ) , which runs in north-south direction, has crossed the Piou river valley at a height of around 70 meters.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on December 19, 2013, rounded to full kilometers