Vilaine

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Vilaine
The catchment area of ​​the Vilaine

The catchment area of ​​the Vilaine

Data
Water code FR :  J --- 0060
location France , Pays de la Loire and Brittany regions
River system Vilaine
source in the municipality of Juvigné
48 ° 13 ′ 46 ″  N , 1 ° 3 ′ 11 ″  W
Source height approx.  175  m
muzzle near Arzal in the Atlantic Coordinates: 47 ° 29 '55 "  N , 2 ° 23' 1"  W 47 ° 29 '55 "  N , 2 ° 23' 1"  W
Mouth height approx.  0  m
Height difference approx. 175 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.8 ‰
length 218 km
Discharge at the Rieux
A Eo gauge : 10,100 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		72 m³ / s
7.1 l / (s km²)
Reservoirs flowed through Étang Neuf , Plan d'Eau de la Haute Vilaine
Big cities Rennes
Small towns Vitré , Châteaubourg , Redon
Navigable from the estuary to Rennes
The Vilaine in Rennes

The Vilaine in Rennes

The Vilaine is a coastal river in France that runs through the Pays de la Loire and Bretagne regions. It has its source in the municipality of Juvigné . The Vilaine crosses the departments of Mayenne , Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan and after 218 kilometers flows into the Atlantic Ocean as an estuary near Arzal , on the south coast of Brittany .

Places on the river

shipping

The Vilaine is navigable from its mouth to Rennes (131 km, 14 locks). In Rennes it is connected to the Canal d'Ille-et-Rance , which leads to the north coast of Brittany and flows into the Atlantic at Saint-Malo . At Redon , the Vilaine forms a waterway junction with the Canal de Nantes à Brest .

Tributaries

Sequence seen in the direction of flow, with length and confluence side

  • Valière , 28 km, from the left
  • Cantache , 36 km, from the right
  • Veuvre (or Chevré), 43 km, from the right
  • Ille , 49 km, from the right
  • Flume , 34 km, from the right
  • Meu , 84 km, from the right
  • Seiche , 97 km, from the left
  • Canut (north) , 45 km, from the right
  • Semnon , 73 km, from the right
  • Chère , 65 km, from the left
  • Don , 92 km, from the left
  • Canut (Sud) , 24 km, from the right
  • Oust , 145 km, from the right
  • Isac , 69 km, from the left
  • Trévelo (or Étier), 20 km, from the right

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.gouv.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The river length is based on the information on the relevant website Vilaine at SANDRE (French), accessed on January 29, 2009, rounded to full kilometers.
  3. ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: J9300611 , option: Synthèse ) .