Boutonne
Boutonne | |
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![]() The Boutonne at Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Chef-Boutonne |
• coordinates | 46°06′46″N 00°03′57″W / 46.11278°N 0.06583°W |
• elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Charente |
• coordinates | 45°54′32″N 00°49′35″W / 45.90889°N 0.82639°W |
• elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
Length | 98.8 km (61.4 mi) |
Basin size | 1,320 km2 (510 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 13 m3/s (460 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Charente→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Boutonne (French pronunciation: [butɔn]) is a 98.8 km (61.4 mi) long river in the Deux-Sèvres and Charente-Maritime departments in western France.[1] Its source is in the village of Chef-Boutonne (French: head of the Boutonne). It flows generally southwest. It is a right tributary of the Charente into which it flows near Cabariot.[1]
Departments and communes along its course
[edit]This list is ordered from source to mouth:
- Deux-Sèvres: Chef-Boutonne, Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues, Chérigné, Lusseray, Brioux-sur-Boutonne, Vernoux-sur-Boutonne, Séligné, Brieuil-sur-Chizé, Villefollet, Villiers-sur-Chizé, Chizé, Le Vert
- Charente-Maritime: Dampierre-sur-Boutonne, Saint-Séverin-sur-Boutonne, Coivert, Blanzay-sur-Boutonne, Saint-Georges-de-Longuepierre, Saint-Martial, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Isle, Nuaillé-sur-Boutonne, Saint-Pardoult, Les Églises-d'Argenteuil, Antezant-la-Chapelle, Vervant, Poursay-Garnaud, Courcelles, Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Ternant, La Vergne, Voissay, Torxé, Les Nouillers, Tonnay-Boutonne, Puy-du-Lac, Archingeay, Saint-Coutant-le-Grand, Champdolent, Lussant, Cabariot,
References
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