Thouet

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Thouet
View of Parthenay and the river from the Citadel

View of Parthenay and the river from the Citadel

Data
Water code FR :  L8-0210
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions and Pays de la Loire
River system Loire
Drain over Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Le Beugnon,
46 ° 36 ′ 13 ″  N , 0 ° 29 ′ 15 ″  W
Source height approx.  223  m
muzzle in the municipality of Saumur in the Loire Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 50 ″  N , 0 ° 6 ′ 38 ″  W 47 ° 16 ′ 50 ″  N , 0 ° 6 ′ 38 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  25  m
Height difference approx. 198 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.4 ‰
length 143 km
Left tributaries Palais , Cébron , Thouaret , Argenton
Right tributaries Losse , Dive (Canal de la Dive)
Reservoirs flowed through Lac des Effres
Medium-sized cities Saumur
Small towns Parthenay , Thouars
Step Stone Bridge over the Thouet

Step Stone Bridge over the Thouet

The Thouet is a river in France that runs in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Pays de la Loire regions. It rises in the municipality of Le Beugnon , generally drains north to northeast, reaches the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Nature Park and flows into the Loire as a left tributary after 143 kilometers in the municipality of Saumur . On his way he crosses the Deux-Sèvres and Maine-et-Loire departments .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

shipping

The formerly important shipping on the Thouet and the Canal de la Dive was discontinued in 1957. However, you can still find a large number of locks and other marine engineering structures of various technologies.

Web links

Commons : Thouet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information on the Thouet from SANDRE (French), accessed on October 1, 2009, rounded to the nearest kilometer.