Viaur facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Viaur |
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 The Pont de Cirou over the Viaur.
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| Country | France |
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| Region | Occitanie |
| Departments | Aveyron, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne |
| Communes | Vézins-de-Lévézou, Pont-de-Salars, Pampelonne, Laguépie, Saint-Martin-Laguépie |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Céor, Vioulou |
| - right | Lézert, Lieux, Jaoul |
| Source | Puech del Pal |
| - location | Vézins-de-Lévézou, Aveyron, France |
| - elevation | 1,070 m (3,510 ft) |
| - coordinates | 44°16′38″N 3°0′13″E / 44.27722°N 3.00361°E |
| Confluence | Aveyron |
| - location | Laguépie, Tarn-et-Garonne, France |
| - elevation | 155 m (509 ft) |
| - coordinates | 44°08′39″N 1°58′1″E / 44.14417°N 1.96694°E |
| Length | 168.2 km (105 mi) |
| Basin | 1,559 km² (602 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Laguépie |
| - average | 15.2 m³/s (537 cu ft/s) |
The Viaur is a river in southern France, left tributary of the Aveyron river. It flows through the Aveyron, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne departments.
Geography
The Viaur river has a length of 168.2 km (104.5 mi) and a drainage basin with an area of 1,559 km2 (602 sq mi).
Its discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) has been observed from 1937 to 2017 in Laguépie, a commune of the Tarn-et-Garonne department near the confluence with the Aveyron (river)|Aveyron]] river. Its average yearly discharge at Laguépie is 14.70 m3/s (519 cu ft/s).
Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Laguépie
Course
The Viaur river starts on the sides of the Puech del Pal in the commune Vézins-de-Lévézou, in the Aveyron department, at an altitude of 1,070 m (3,510 ft).
The Viaur passes through the departments and towns of:
- Aveyron : Bor-et-Bar, Pont-de-Salars, Ségur
- Tarn : Pampelonne, Mirandol-Bourgnounac
- Tarn-et-Garonne : Laguépie
The Viaur river flows through 30 communes and two of them have the name of the river: Sainte-Juliette-sur-Viaur and Saint-Just-sur-Viaur, both in the Aveyron department.
Finally, it flows into the Aveyron river in the commune of Laguépie, in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, at 155 m (509 ft) of altitude.
Main tributaries
The main tributaries of the Viaur are:
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Left tributaries:
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Right tributaries:
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Gallery
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The Viaur in Pont de Cirou.
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The Viaur in Roc del Gorp.
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The Viaur in Laguépie.
Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Río Viaur para niños
