Saunade
Saunade | ||
The Étang de Sagne Jurade, near Mérichal, is fed by the Saunade. |
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Water code | FR : K3264000 | |
location | France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions | |
River system | Loire | |
Drain over | Sioulet → Sioule → Allier → Loire → Atlantic Ocean | |
source | in the municipality of Mérinchal 45 ° 54 ′ 1 ″ N , 2 ° 27 ′ 30 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 715 m | |
muzzle | in the municipality of Pontaumur in the Sioulet coordinates: 45 ° 52 ′ 10 ″ N , 2 ° 40 ′ 45 ″ E 45 ° 52 ′ 10 ″ N , 2 ° 40 ′ 45 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 530 m | |
Height difference | approx. 185 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 7.7 ‰ | |
length | approx. 24 km | |
Left tributaries | Raby | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Étang de Sagne Jurade |
The Saunade is a river in France that runs through the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions. It rises under the name Ruisseau de Marnière in the hamlet of the same name Marnière , in the municipal area of Mérinchal and changes its name in the upper reaches to Ruisseau de Sagne Jurade and Ruisseau des Mailleries . It generally drains towards the east-south-east and flows into the Sioulet as a left tributary after around 24 kilometers in the municipality of Pontaumur . On its way, the Saunade crosses the Creuse and Puy-de-Dôme departments .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Marnière , municipality of Mérinchal
- Mérinchal
- Sonazet , parish of Saint-Avit
- Le Grand Léger , municipality of Condat-en-Combraille
- Tralaigues
- Mouleix , Villosanges municipality
- Saunade , Landogne municipality
- Landogne
- Pontaumur