Agout | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
- location | Massif Central |
Mouth | |
- location | Tarn River |
- coordinates | 43°47′4″N 1°41′1″E / 43.78444°N 1.68361°E |
Length | 195 km (121 mi) |
Basin size | 3,500 km2 (1,400 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 55 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Tarn→ Garonne→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Agout or Agoût (Occitan: Agot) is a river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Tarn river. It flows through the Occitanie region.
Three communes have the name of the river in their names: La Salvetat-sur-Agout, Fraisse-sur-Agout and Vielmur-sur-Agout.
The Agout river has a length of 194.4 km (120.8 mi) and a drainage basin with an area of 3,497 km2 (1,350 sq mi).[1]
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 41 m3/s (1,400 cu ft/s) at Lavaur in the Tarn department.[2]
Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Lavaur (56 years)[2]
The source of the Agout is on the Monts d'Espinouse, in the southern Massif Central in the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut-Languedoc ("Regional Natural Park of High Languedoc"), in the commune of Cambon-et-Salvergues, Hérault department, at an altitude of about 1,060 m (3,478 ft).[3]
The Agout flows, in general, to the northwest and passes through the following regions, departments and communes:
The Agout river flows through a total of 36 communes.[1]
Finally, it flows, as a left tributary into the Tarn river at Saint-Sulpice, in the Tarn department, at 98 m (322 ft) of altitude.[4]
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 30 km, of the Agout are: