Ribière (Vienne)
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Water code | FR : L0044500 | |
location | France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region | |
River system | Loire | |
Drain over | Vienne → Loire → Atlantic Ocean | |
source | on the municipal boundary of Viam and Tarnac 45 ° 39 ′ 3 ″ N , 1 ° 53 ′ 22 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 748 m | |
muzzle | in the municipality of Eymoutiers in the Vienne Coordinates: 45 ° 43 ′ 1 ″ N , 1 ° 46 ′ 21 ″ E 45 ° 43 ′ 1 ″ N , 1 ° 46 ′ 21 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 430 m | |
Height difference | approx. 318 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 16 ‰ | |
length | approx. 20 km | |
Flowing lakes | Étang des Goursolles |
The Ribière is a river in France that runs in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises on the municipal boundary of Viam and Tarnac , on the Plateau de Millevaches , initially drains towards the southwest, then turns to northwest, crosses the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park and after around 20 kilometers flows into the Vienne as a left tributary in the municipality of Eymoutiers . On its way, the Ribière touches the Corrèze and Haute-Vienne departments . For most of its way, the river is accompanied by the Le Palais – Eygurande-Merlines railway .
Name of the river
The river changes its name several times in its course, depending on the places passed:
- Ruisseau de Tronchet in the upper reaches,
- Ruisseau de la Celle in the middle part and
- Ruisseau de la Ribière in the lower reaches.
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Bezeau , municipality of Viam
- Le Haut Tronchet , municipality of Viam
- Le Bas Tronchet , municipality of Viam
- Les Égliseaux , municipality of Viam
- Lacelle
- Plafeix , municipality of L'Église-aux-Bois
- Plain , Nedde parish
- La Ribière , municipality of Nedde
- Charneillat , municipality of Eymoutiers