Thernille

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Thernille
Data
Water code FRK5354000
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Loire
Drain over Œil  → Aumance  → Cher  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Beaune-d'Allier
46 ° 16 ′ 41 ″  N , 2 ° 53 ′ 53 ″  E
Source height approx.  481  m
muzzle in the municipality of Villefranche-d'Allier in the Œil coordinates: 46 ° 24 ′ 19 ″  N , 2 ° 49 ′ 19 ″  E 46 ° 24 ′ 19 ″  N , 2 ° 49 ′ 19 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  236  m
Height difference approx. 245 m
Bottom slope approx. 12 ‰
length approx. 21 km
Left tributaries Council
Right tributaries Reuillon
Flowing lakes Etang de la Brosse

The Thernille is a river in France that runs in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises in the southern municipality of Beaune-d'Allier from the small lake Étang des Faulx , generally drains in a north-westerly direction and, after around 20 kilometers, flows into the Œil as a right tributary in the municipality of Villefranche-d'Allier . In its middle section, the Thernille crosses under the A71 motorway and runs parallel to it for about three kilometers.

Name of the river

The river changes its name several times in its course:

  • Ruisseau des Faulx in the source area,
  • Ruisseau des Coulans to the Étang de la Brosse ,
  • Ruisseau des Brosses to the confluence of the Reuillon ,
  • Ruisseau de Rongère to the confluence of the Voirat ,
  • Thernille in the mouth section.

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. Thernille at SANDRE (French)