Chavanon

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The Chavanon (also called the Ramade , upstream of its confluence with Méouzette) is a French Rivière Massif Central, affluent of the the Dordogne.

Geography

It takes its source with more than 750 m of altitude in the Creuse, with the limit of the communes of Basville and Crocq.

After having crossed the pond of Ramade, it penetrates in the Puy-de-Dôme.

It joined the Dordogne out of Right Bank, at the northern end of the lake of reserve of the Barrage of Bort-the-Organ, two kilometers in the North-East of Confolent-Port-God.

On most of its course, Chavanon marks, in two sections, the limit between the areas the Limousin (departments of Hollow and the Corrèze) and Auvergne (Département of the Puy-de-Dôme).

Hydrology

Chavanon is longer than the Dordogne with its junction but its flow is of less importance.

December 8th, 1944, the hydrological station of Borough-Lastic recorded a daily maximum flow of 85,5 m/s.

Its principal affluents are:

the Méouzette, (rd),
the Horns, (rg),
the Clidane, (rg),
the Barricade, (rd).

N.B.: (rd) = affluent Right Bank; (rg) = affluent left bank

See too

Throats of Chavanon.
Chavanon is identified in the Réseau Natura 2000 like belonging to the very important sites for the Loutre.

External bonds

Chavanon on the site of the Pike perch
Bank Hydro - P0084010 Station - Chavanon with Messeix (Synthesis)
the valley of Chavanon on the site of the Country of Eygurande
Lakes and rivers with otters on the Natura Network 2000

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