Vézère
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| Vézère | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Plateau de Millevaches |
| • elevation | 970 m (3,180 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Dordogne |
| Length | 211 km (131 mi) |
| Basin size | 3,708 km2 (1,432 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 50 m3/s (1,800 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Dordogne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| Criteria | Cultural: i, iii |
| Reference | 85 |
| Inscription | 1979 (3rd Session) |
The Vézère (Occitan: Vesera) is a 211 km long river in southwestern France. It is an important tributary to the Dordogne River. Its source is in the northwestern part of the elevated plateau known as the Massif Central. It flows southwest through the following départements and cities:
- Corrèze: Pérols-sur-Vézère, Bugeat, Uzerche, Vigeois, Brive-la-Gaillarde
- Dordogne: Montignac, Terrasson-Lavilledieu, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Le Bugue
It flows into the Dordogne near Le Bugue. A tributary of the Vézère is the Corrèze River.
The Vézère Valley is famed for its prehistoric cave systems, containing numerous cave paintings and hominid remains. UNESCO collectively designated these a World Heritage Site in 1979. Among the sites with remarkable caves is Lascaux.
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