Cérou
Cérou | |
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The Cérou in 2008, during a flood. | |
Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | near Saint-Jean-Delnous |
• coordinates | 44°03′21″N 02°28′33″E / 44.05583°N 2.47583°E |
• elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Aveyron |
• coordinates | 44°08′21″N 01°52′32″E / 44.13917°N 1.87556°E |
• elevation | 128 m (420 ft) |
Length | 87.1 km (54.1 mi) |
Basin size | 503 km2 (194 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 4.13 m3/s (146 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Aveyron→ Tarn→ Garonne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Cérou (French: le Cérou) is an 87.1 km (54.1 mi) long river in the Aveyron and Tarn departments in southern France.[1] Its source is at Saint-Jean-Delnous, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) northwest of the village. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Aveyron, into which it flows at Milhars, 1.4 km (0.87 mi) north of the village.
Departments and communes along its course
[edit]It flows generally west through the following departments and communes, ordered from source to mouth:
- Aveyron: Saint-Jean-Delnous, Lédergues
- Tarn: Lédas-et-Penthiès, Lacapelle-Pinet, Padiès, Crespin, Andouque, Saint-Jean-de-Marcel, Valderiès, Rosières, Carmaux, Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux, Monestiés, Le Ségur, Salles, Saint-Marcel-Campes, Cordes-sur-Ciel, Les Cabannes, Mouzieys-Panens, Vindrac-Alayrac, Labarthe-Bleys, Marnaves, Milhars
Tributaries
[edit]The Farruel (12.5 km), the Boutescure (15.4 km), the Céroc (17.6 km), the Candou, the Céret (28.5 km), the Zère, the Aymer (12,2 km), and the Bonnan.
References
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