Sorgues (river)

Sorgues
The Sorgues at Saint-Affrique
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Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Cornus
• coordinates	43°52′34″N 03°12′22″E / 43.87611°N 3.20611°E / 43.87611; 3.20611
• elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)
Mouth	Dourdou de Camarès
• coordinates	43°57′20″N 02°50′12″E / 43.95556°N 2.83667°E / 43.95556; 2.83667Coordinates: 43°57′20″N 02°50′12″E / 43.95556°N 2.83667°E / 43.95556; 2.83667
• elevation	298 m (978 ft)
Length	46.4 km (28.8 mi)
Basin size	279 km2 (108 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	4.38 m3/s (155 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Dourdou de Camarès→ Tarn→ Garonne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean

The Sorgues (French: la Sorgues, also called Sorgue, French pronunciation: ​[sɔʁg]) is a 46.4-kilometre-long (28.8 mi) river in the Aveyron department in Southern France.^[1] Its source is a karstic spring at Cornus, on the Causse du Larzac. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a right tributary of the Dourdou de Camarès, into which it flows at Vabres-l'Abbaye.

Communes along its course[]

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Cornus, Fondamente, Marnhagues-et-Latour, Saint-Félix-de-Sorgues, Versols-et-Lapeyre, Saint-Affrique, Vabres-l'Abbaye

References[]

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