Taurou
| Taurou | ||
 The headwaters at Caussiniojouls |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : Y2570600 | |
| location | France , Occitania region | |
| River system | Orb | |
| Drain over | Orb → Mediterranean | |
| source | in the municipality of Caussiniojouls 43 ° 33 ′ 54 ″ N , 3 ° 8 ′ 23 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 480 m | |
| muzzle | in the municipality of Thézan-lès-Béziers in the Orb coordinates: 43 ° 24 ′ 14 ″ N , 3 ° 8 ′ 11 ″ E, 43 ° 24 ′ 14 ″ N , 3 ° 8 ′ 11 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 15 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 465 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 19 ‰ | |
| length | 25 km | |
The Taurou is a river in France that runs in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region . It rises in the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park , in the municipality of Caussiniojouls and changes its name several times in the upper reaches (Ruisseau de Sainte Bauzille, Ruisseau de Balioux, Ruisseau des Lantillières, Ruisseau de la Vallongue). The river drains in a generally southerly direction through the Minervois landscape and flows into the Orb after 25 kilometers in the municipality of Thézan-lès-Béziers in a wetland as a left tributary .
Places on the river
(in flow order)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Taurou at SANDRE (French), accessed on March 18, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.