Cèze

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Cèze
Cascades Sautadet.jpg
Sautadet Rapids at La Roque-sur-Cèze
Cèze (rivière).png
Location
CountryFrance
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCévennes
Mouth 
 • location
Rhone
 • coordinates
44°6′30″N 4°42′13″E / 44.10833°N 4.70361°E / 44.10833; 4.70361 (Rhône-Cèze)Coordinates: 44°6′30″N 4°42′13″E / 44.10833°N 4.70361°E / 44.10833; 4.70361 (Rhône-Cèze)
Length128 km (80 mi)
Basin size1,360 km2 (530 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average22 m3/s (780 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionRhôneMediterranean Sea
The river by Montclus (Gard)

The Cèze (French pronunciation: ​[sɛz]; Occitan: Céser) is a French river, a right tributary of the Rhone. It runs through the departments of Lozère and Gard in the Occitanie region. It is 128 km (80 mi) long.[1] 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 Rhone at Codolet, southwest of Orange.

Among its tributaries is the Aiguillon.

References[]

  1. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Cèze (V54-0400)".

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