Sorgues (river)

Sorgues

The Sorgues at Saint-Affrique.
Country France
Basin
Main source Cornus
600 m (2,000 ft)
43°52′34″N 03°12′22″E / 43.87611°N 3.20611°E / 43.87611; 3.20611 (Primary source of Sorgues)
River mouth Dourdou de Camarès
298 m (978 ft)
43°57′20″N 02°50′12″E / 43.95556°N 2.83667°E / 43.95556; 2.83667 (Mouth of Sorgues)Coordinates: 43°57′20″N 02°50′12″E / 43.95556°N 2.83667°E / 43.95556; 2.83667 (Mouth of Sorgues)
Basin size 279 km2 (108 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length 46.4 km (28.8 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    4.38 m3/s (155 cu ft/s)

The Sorgues (French: la Sorgues, also called Sorgue) is a 46.4 km (28.8 mi) long river in the Aveyron département, southern France. 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

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