Tech River

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Tech
Origin Pyrenees
Mouth Mediterranean Sea
Basin countries France
Length 82 km
Source elevation ±2,500 m
Avg. discharge 9.6 m³/s
Basin area 750 km²

The Tech is a river in southern France, very close to the French-Spanish border. It runs through a valley in the Pyrénées-Orientales and is approximately 80km long. Its source is the Parcigoule Valley (2,500 meters high) and it feeds the Mediterranean Sea.

The Tech flows through the following towns: Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Arles-sur-Tech, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Céret and Le Boulou. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea between Saint-Cyprien and Argelès-sur-Mer, southeast of Perpignan.

[edit] References

Cotrim da Cunha, Leticia, Léon Serve, François Gadel and Jean-Louis Blazi (1998-09). Lignin-derived phenolic compounds as indicators of the nature of particulate organic matter in a Mediterranean river, the Tech. 2nd International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Retrieved on January 27, 2007.

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