Vicdessos (river)

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Vicdessos
The place Vicdessos in the valley of the river of the same name

The place Vicdessos in the valley of the river of the same name

Data
Water code FR :  O11-0400
location France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Ariège  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Auzat
42 ° 36 ′ 38 ″  N , 1 ° 25 ′ 59 ″  E
Source height approx.  2580  m
muzzle in the urban area of Tarascon-sur-Ariège in the Ariège coordinates: 42 ° 50 ′ 45 ″  N , 1 ° 36 ′ 21 ″  E 42 ° 50 ′ 45 ″  N , 1 ° 36 ′ 21 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  470  m
Height difference approx. 2110 m
Bottom slope approx. 57 ‰
length 37 km (see notes)
Right tributaries Siguer
Reservoirs flowed through Étang de Soulcem

The Vicdessos is a river in France that runs in the Ariège department in the Occitania region . Its source brook Ruisseau de Médécourbe rises in the Pyrenees , near the border with Spain , on the eastern flank of the Brèche des Lavans (2664 m), in the municipality of Auzat . He generally dehydrated direction north to northeast by the Regional Park Pyrénées Ariégeoises and opens after 37 kilometers in urban area of Tarascon-sur-Ariège as left tributary in the Ariège .

Places on the river

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ The information on the river length is based on the information about the Vicdessos at SANDRE (French), accessed on December 15, 2010, rounded to full kilometers.