Lettuce (river)

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Church of Salau in the headwaters of the Salat

Church of Salau in the headwaters of the Salat

Data
Water code FR :  O0-0250
location Southern France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source Pyrenees , in the municipality of Couflens,
42 ° 44 ′ 30 ″  N , 1 ° 10 ′ 24 ″  E
Source height approx.  1016  m
muzzle at Roquefort-sur-Garonne in the Garonne Coordinates: 43 ° 9 ′ 41 ″  N , 0 ° 57 ′ 58 ″  E 43 ° 9 ′ 41 ″  N , 0 ° 57 ′ 58 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  265  m
Height difference approx. 751 m
Bottom slope approx. 10 ‰
length 75 km
Left tributaries Lez , Arbas
Right tributaries Garbet , Arac , Lens , Baup , Alet
Small towns Saint-Girons

The Salat is a river in the foothills of the Pyrenees in southern France that runs through the Ariège and Haute-Garonne departments in the Occitania region .

course

The lettuce rises on the north side of the Pyrenees in the municipality of Couflens in the canton of Oust ; the source area Les Neuf Fontaines is located near the village of Salau at an altitude of approx. 1015  m . The river generally drains in a northerly direction and flows into the Garonne as a right tributary after about 75 km at Roquefort-sur- Garonne .

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Salat  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the river length is based on the information about the lettuce from SANDRE (French), accessed on July 12, 2009, rounded to full kilometers.