Sorgues (river)

Sorgues
The Sorgues at Saint-Affrique.
Country	France
Basin features
Main source	Cornus 600 m (2,000 ft) 43°52′34″N 03°12′22″E / 43.87611°N 3.20611°E / 43.87611; 3.20611
River mouth	Dourdou de Camarès 298 m (978 ft) 43°57′20″N 02°50′12″E / 43.95556°N 2.83667°E / 43.95556; 2.83667Coordinates: 43°57′20″N 02°50′12″E / 43.95556°N 2.83667°E / 43.95556; 2.83667
Basin size	279 km2 (108 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length	46.4 km (28.8 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 4.38 m3/s (155 cu ft/s)

The Sorgues (French: la Sorgues, also called Sorgue) is a 46.4 km (28.8 mi) long river in the Aveyron département, southern France. Its source is a karstic spring at Cornus, on the causse du Larzac. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a right tributary of the Dourdou de Camarès into which it flows at Vabres-l'Abbaye.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Cornus, Fondamente, Marnhagues-et-Latour, Saint-Félix-de-Sorgues, Versols-et-Lapeyre, Saint-Affrique, Vabres-l'Abbaye

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on 14 April 2009.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sorgues.

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Sorgues at the Sandre database