Benaize
Appearance
Benaize | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | La Souterraine |
• elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Anglin |
• elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
Length | 79 km (49 mi) |
Basin size | 582 km2 (225 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 5 m3/s (180 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Anglin→ Gartempe→ Creuse→ Vienne→ Loire→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Benaize (Template:Lang-oc, Template:Lang-fr) is a 79-kilometre (49 mi) long river in the Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Vienne and Indre départements, central France. Its source is near La Souterraine. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Anglin into which it flows north of Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize.
Départements and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
- Creuse: La Souterraine
- Haute-Vienne: Arnac-la-Poste
- Creuse: Vareilles
- Haute-Vienne: Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles, Mailhac-sur-Benaize, Cromac, Jouac, Saint-Martin-le-Mault
- Indre: Bonneuil, Tilly
- Haute-Vienne: Lussac-les-Églises
- Vienne: Coulonges, Brigueil-le-Chantre, Thollet La Trimouille Liglet
- Indre: Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize
Notes
- This article is based on the fr:Benaize from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 17th 2009.
References
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Categories:
- Tributaries of the Creuse
- Rivers of France
- Rivers of Creuse
- Rivers of Haute-Vienne
- Rivers of Vienne
- Rivers of Indre
- Rivers of Centre (French region)
- Rivers of Limousin
- Rivers of Poitou-Charentes
- Creuse geography stubs
- Haute-Vienne geography stubs
- Indre geography stubs
- Vienne (department) geography stubs
- France river stubs