Mare (river)
Mare | |
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Bridge over the Mare at Andabre | |
Native name | La Mare (French) |
Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Massif Central |
Mouth | |
• location | Orb |
• coordinates | 43°35′29″N 3°7′21″E / 43.59139°N 3.12250°ECoordinates: 43°35′29″N 3°7′21″E / 43.59139°N 3.12250°E |
Length | 29.5 km (18.3 mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 4 m3/s (140 cu ft/s) |
The Mare is a 29.5 km (18.3 mi) river in the Hérault department in southern France,[1] which rises in the Caroux-Espinouse hills.
The river's source is above Castanet-le-Haut in the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc. The river passes through Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare and Villemagne-l'Argentière, before joining the Orb at Hérépian.
Communes traversed[]
The river passes through the following communes, from source to mouth:
- Castanet-le-Haut
- Rosis
- Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare
- Saint-Étienne-Estréchoux
- La Tour-sur-Orb
- Bédarieux
- Taussac-la-Billière
- Villemagne-l'Argentière
- Hérépian
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- Rivers of France
- Rivers of Occitanie
- Rivers of Hérault
- Coastal basins of the Mediterranean Sea in France
- Hérault geography stubs
- France river stubs