Briance

Briance

The Briance.
Origin La Croisille-sur-Briance
Mouth Vienne
Basin countries France
Length 57.7 km (35.9 mi)
Source elevation 540 m (1,770 ft)
Mouth elevation 205 m (673 ft)
Avg. discharge 8.17 m3/s (289 cu ft/s) at mouth
Basin area 597 km2 (231 sq mi)

The Briance (French: la Briance) is a 57.7 km (35.9 mi) long river in the Haute-Vienne département, central France. Its source is at La Croisille-sur-Briance. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Vienne into which it flows between Condat-sur-Vienne and Bosmie-l'Aiguille.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: La Croisille-sur-Briance, Saint-Vitte-sur-Briance, Saint-Méard, Linards, Glanges, Saint-Bonnet-Briance, Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle, Vicq-sur-Breuilh, Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval, Pierre-Buffière, Saint-Jean-Ligoure, Boisseuil, Le Vigen, Solignac, Condat-sur-Vienne, Jourgnac, Bosmie-l'Aiguille

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