Rieu Massel
| Rieu Massel | ||
.jpg) Barrage de Ceyrac flood protection system |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : Y3400580 | |
| location | France , Occitania region | |
| River system | Vidourle | |
| Drain over | Vidourle → Mediterranean | |
| source | in the municipality of Ferrières-les-Verreries, 43 ° 53 ′ 17 ″ N , 3 ° 47 ′ 58 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 392 m | |
| muzzle | on the municipal boundary of Conqueyrac and Sauve in the Vidourle coordinates: 43 ° 56 ′ 49 ″ N , 3 ° 56 ′ 7 ″ E, 43 ° 56 ′ 49 ″ N , 3 ° 56 ′ 7 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 97 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 295 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 13 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 22 km | |
The Rieu Massel is a river in France that runs in the Occitania region . It rises in the Hérault department , in the extreme northeast of the municipality of Ferrières-les-Verreries , just on the border with the municipality of Pompignan in the neighboring Gard department . It generally drains in a north-westerly direction through a karst area and flows into the Vidourle as a right tributary after about 22 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Conqueyrac and Sauve .
Hydrology
For most of the year the river runs in the karst underground. Surface water can only be observed after heavy rainfall. However, these can be so severe that after a historic flood in 1958, a flood protection system was built near Ceyrac on the Rieu Massel and put into operation in 1968.
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Pompignan
- Ceyrac , Conqueyrac parish
- Tarrieu , Conqueyrac parish
