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Cèze | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Cévennes |
Mouth | |
• location | Rhône |
• coordinates | 44°6′30″N 4°42′13″E / 44.10833°N 4.70361°E |
Length | 128 km (80 mi) |
Basin size | 1,360 km2 (530 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 22 m3/s (780 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea |
The Cèze (French pronunciation: [sɛz]; Occitan: Céser) is a karstic French river, a right tributary of the Rhône. [1] It runs through the departments of Lozère and Gard in the Occitanie region. It is 128 km (80 mi) long, [2] and its basin area is 1,360 km2 (530 sq mi). [3] Its source is in the Cévennes mountains, near Saint-André-Capcèze. It flows through Bessèges, Saint-Ambroix, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, and it flows into the Rhône at Codolet, southwest of Orange.
Its longest tributaries are the Luech, Auzon, Tave, Ganière and Aiguillon. [2]
In the dry season, the Cèze sometimes dries up. [4]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in French. (May 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Cèze | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Cévennes |
Mouth | |
• location | Rhône |
• coordinates | 44°6′30″N 4°42′13″E / 44.10833°N 4.70361°E |
Length | 128 km (80 mi) |
Basin size | 1,360 km2 (530 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 22 m3/s (780 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea |
The Cèze (French pronunciation: [sɛz]; Occitan: Céser) is a karstic French river, a right tributary of the Rhône. [1] It runs through the departments of Lozère and Gard in the Occitanie region. It is 128 km (80 mi) long, [2] and its basin area is 1,360 km2 (530 sq mi). [3] Its source is in the Cévennes mountains, near Saint-André-Capcèze. It flows through Bessèges, Saint-Ambroix, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, and it flows into the Rhône at Codolet, southwest of Orange.
Its longest tributaries are the Luech, Auzon, Tave, Ganière and Aiguillon. [2]
In the dry season, the Cèze sometimes dries up. [4]