Viaur

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Viaur
Railway viaduct in the Viaur valley

Railway viaduct in the Viaur valley

Data
Water code FR :  O5-0290
location France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Aveyron  → Tarn  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source at the Puech de Pal east of Vézins-de-Lévézou
44 ° 16 ′ 38 ″  N , 3 ° 0 ′ 13 ″  E
Source height approx.  1070  m
muzzle at Saint-Martin-Laguépie in the Aveyron coordinates: 44 ° 8 ′ 39 ″  N , 1 ° 58 ′ 1 ″  E, 44 ° 8 ′ 39 ″  N , 1 ° 58 ′ 1 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  155  m
Height difference approx. 915 m
Bottom slope approx. 5.4 ‰
length 168 km
Discharge at the Laguépie
A Eo gauge : 1530 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		15 m³ / s
9.8 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Vioulou , Céor
Right tributaries Lieux , Lézert , Jaoul
Reservoirs flowed through Reservoir de Pont-de-Salars

The Viaur is a river in southern France , in the Occitanie region .

geography

It rises east of Vézins-de-Lévézou , flows in an east-west direction parallel to the Aveyron running north and the Tarn running south, and after a distance of 168 kilometers it flows into the Aveyron as a left tributary at Saint-Martin-Laguépie . The Viaur flows through a sparsely populated valley, for more than 100 km the river does not touch a city.

Crossed departments

Places on the river

Attractions

At Tauriac-de-Naucelle , it is spanned by the filigree Viaur Viaduct ( Viaduc du Viaur ), the largest steel bridge in France. It is classified as a monument historique .

Web links

Commons : Viaur  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Viaur Viaduct  - 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 about the Viaur at SANDRE (French), accessed on January 7, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.
  3. ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: O5572910 , option: Synthèse )
  4. ↑ Entry no. PA00094189 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)