Rioumau

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Rioumau
Data
Water code FR :  O7530500
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitania regions
River system Garonne
Drain over Bès  → Truyère  → Lot  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source on the municipal boundary of Saint-Urcize and Curières,
44 ° 39 ′ 30 ″  N , 2 ° 57 ′ 51 ″  E
Source height approx.  1354  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Saint-Urcize and Grandvals in the Bès coordinates: 44 ° 43 ′ 41 ″  N , 3 ° 1 ′ 52 ″  E, 44 ° 43 ′ 41 ″  N , 3 ° 1 ′ 52 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  1041  m
Height difference approx. 313 m
Bottom slope approx. 15 ‰
length approx. 21 km
Catchment area 41 km²

The Rioumau is a river in France that runs mainly in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , but also touches the Occitania region . It rises in the Aubrac landscape , on the municipal boundary of Curières and Saint-Urcize , initially drains in a north-westerly direction, then turns from northeast to east and after around 21 kilometers flows into the Bès as a left tributary at the municipal boundary of Saint-Urcize and Grandvals . The source stream of the Rioumau runs on the border between the Aveyron and Cantal departments , in its mouth section it forms the border between the Cantal and Lozère departments and, both here and at its source, is the border between the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitania regions .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

  • Gindarmou , municipality of Saint-Urcize
  • Le Clau , municipality of Saint-Urcize
  • Pennavayre , parish of Saint-Urcize

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 July 13, 2014, rounded to full kilometers.