Saunade

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Saunade
The Étang de Sagne Jurade, near Mérichal, is fed by the Saunade.

The Étang de Sagne Jurade, near Mérichal, is fed by the Saunade.

Data
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
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
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)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ Saunade at SANDRE (French)