Dadou
Appearance
Dadou | |
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The Dadou at Briatexte | |
Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès |
• coordinates | 43°47′19″N 02°37′32″E / 43.78861°N 2.62556°E |
• elevation | 860 m (2,820 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Agout |
• coordinates | 43°44′11″N 01°47′24″E / 43.73639°N 1.79000°E |
• elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
Length | 115.8 km (72.0 mi) |
Basin size | 858 km2 (331 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 12 m3/s (420 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Agout→ Tarn→ Garonne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Dadou (French: le Dadou) is a 115.8 km (72.0 mi) long river in the Tarn department in southern France.[1] Its source is near Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès. It flows generally west. It is a right tributary of the Agout, into which it flows near Ambres.
Communes along its course
[edit]The Dadou flows west, crossing the Tarn department, through the following communes, ordered from source to mouth:
- Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès
- Le Masnau-Massuguiès
- Lacaze
- Paulinet
- Rayssac
- Mont-Roc
- Teillet
- Le Travet
- Arifat
- Saint-Antonin-de-Lacalm
- Montredon-Labessonnié
- Saint-Lieux-Lafenasse
- Vénès
- Réalmont
- Saint-Genest-de-Contest
- Lombers
- Laboutarie
- Montdragon
- Saint-Julien-du-Puy
- Graulhet
- Briatexte
- Saint-Gauzens
- Puybegon
- Giroussens
- Ambres
References
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