Truyère

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Truyère
Entraygues-sur-Truyère

Entraygues-sur-Truyère

Data
Water code FR :  O7-0250
location France , Occitania and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions
River system Garonne
Drain over Lot  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of La Villedieu
44 ° 43 ′ 38 ″  N , 3 ° 33 ′ 43 ″  E
Source height approx.  1460  m
muzzle on the outskirts of Entraygues-sur-Truyère in the Lot coordinates: 44 ° 38 '37 "  N , 2 ° 33' 45"  E, 44 ° 38 '37 "  N , 2 ° 33' 45"  E
Mouth height approx.  228  m
Height difference approx. 1232 m
Bottom slope approx. 7.4 ‰
length 167 km
Discharge at the Sainte-Geneviève-sur-Argence
A Eo gauge : 2462 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		39 m³ / s
15.8 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries see adjacent table
Right tributaries see adjacent table
Reservoirs flowed through Lac du Barrage de Grandval , Lac du Barrage de Lanau, Lac du Barrage de Sarrans
The Garabit Viaduct crosses the river

The Garabit Viaduct crosses the river

The Truyère is a river in France that runs through the regions of Occitania and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes . It rises in the Massif Central , in the Margeride landscape , in the municipality of La Villedieu , in the Forêt-de-la-Croix-de-Bor forest . The Truyère initially drains to the northeast, but later changes to the southwest and flows into the Lot after 167 kilometers on the outskirts of Entraygues-sur-Truyère as a right tributary . In the lower reaches of the river the river has formed many deep gorges, which are used to generate electricity through six barrages. On its course, the Truyère crosses the Lozère , Cantal and Aveyron departments .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Tributaries

(Order in flow direction)

Left tributaries:

Right tributaries:

Attractions

The Garabit viaduct of Gustave Eiffel , even Truyèrebrücke called on the Truyère near Saint-Flour was towards the end of the 19th century, the highest railway bridge in the world. It was part of the then important rail link from Paris via Clermont-Ferrand and Millau to Béziers. From the rest area on the north-south motorway A 75 “La Meridienne” , approx. 600 m east of the viaduct, there is a view of the entire viaduct, which now spans the Lac du Barrage de Grandval , which was later built .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on May 6, 2009, rounded to full kilometers
  4. ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: O7592510 , option: Synthèse ) .
  5. ^ Meyers enz. Lexicon, under Eiffel , Vol. 7 p. 487, Mannheim 1973