Rhôny
Rhôny Rhony |
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Bridge over the river at Calvisson |
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Data | ||
Water code | FR : Y3520540 | |
location | France , Occitania region | |
River system | Vistre | |
Drain over | Vistre → Mediterranean | |
source | in the municipality of Langlade 43 ° 49 ′ 2 ″ N , 4 ° 15 ′ 1 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 67 m | |
muzzle | on the outskirts of Le Cailar in the Vistre Coordinates: 43 ° 40 ′ 18 ″ N , 4 ° 14 ′ 31 ″ E 43 ° 40 ′ 18 ″ N , 4 ° 14 ′ 31 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 3 m | |
Height difference | approx. 64 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 3 ‰ | |
length | 21 km | |
Right tributaries | Rhôny vert |
The Rhôny (also spelled Rhony in the lower reaches ) is a river in France that runs in the Gard department in the Occitania region . According to the official information from the French water database sandre.fr, it originates in the municipality of Langlade , near the border with the neighboring municipality of Caveirac . Other data sources see its origin north of Caveirac. The river generally drains south-west to south and flows into the Vistre as a right tributary after 21 kilometers on the south-eastern outskirts of Le Cailar .
Hydrology
At Codognan the Rhôny meets the irrigation canal Canal d'Irrigation du Bas-Rhône Languedoc (also called Canal Philippe Lamour ), water code : “---- 1502”, to which it gives up part of its water supply and on this way also to the Rhône drains.
Places on the river
Remarks
- ↑ 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 Rhony at SANDRE (French), accessed on September 10, 2012, rounded to the nearest kilometer.