Lizonne
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| Lizonne | |
|---|---|
| File:Lizonne Édon La Rochebeaucourt aval.JPG The Lizonne between Combiers (left) and La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine (right) | |
| File:Lizonne (affluent de la Dronne) OSM.png | |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sceau-Saint-Angel |
| • coordinates | 45°29′00″N 00°40′07″E / 45.48333°N 0.66861°E |
| • elevation | 200 m (660 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Dronne |
• coordinates | 45°17′22″N 00°15′09″E / 45.28944°N 0.25250°E |
• elevation | 48 m (157 ft) |
| Length | 60.5 km (37.6 mi) |
| Basin size | 640 km2 (250 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 5.28 m3/s (186 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Dronne→ Isle→ Dordogne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean |
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The Lizonne (French pronunciation: [lizɔn]), also called the Nizonne,[citation needed] is a 60.5 km (37.6 mi) long river in the Dordogne and Charente departments in southwestern France.[1] Its source is near Morelière, a hamlet in Sceau-Saint-Angel. It flows generally southwest. It is a right tributary of the Dronne, into which it flows between Saint-Séverin and Allemans. Part of its course forms part of the border between the Dordogne and Charente departments.
Departments and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
- Dordogne: Sceau-Saint-Angel, Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne, Champeaux-et-la-Chapelle-Pommier, Rudeau-Ladosse, Saint-Sulpice-de-Mareuil, Puyrenier, Beaussac, Les Graulges, Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil, Combiers, La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine,
- Charente: Édon,
- Dordogne: Champagne-et-Fontaine,
- Charente: Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard, Gurat,
- Dordogne: Vendoire,
- Charente: Vaux-Lavalette, Salles-Lavalette,
- Dordogne: Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac,
- Charente: Palluaud,
- Dordogne: Bouteilles-Saint-Sébastien, Saint-Paul-Lizonne,
- Charente: Saint-Séverin,
- Dordogne: Allemans,
References
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