Benaize
Appearance
Benaize | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | La Souterraine |
• coordinates | 46°14′43″N 01°27′46″E / 46.24528°N 1.46278°E |
• elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Anglin |
• coordinates | 46°34′26″N 01°04′06″E / 46.57389°N 1.06833°E |
• 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 (French pronunciation: [bənɛz]; Occitan: Benesa, Beneisa or Benaisa) is a 79-kilometre (49 mi) long river in the Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Vienne and Indre departments, central France.[1] 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.
Departments and communes along its course
[edit]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
References
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Categories:
- Tributaries of the Creuse
- Rivers of France
- Rivers of Creuse
- Rivers of Haute-Vienne
- Rivers of Vienne (department)
- Rivers of Indre
- Rivers of Centre-Val de Loire
- Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Creuse geography stubs
- Haute-Vienne geography stubs
- Indre geography stubs
- Vienne (department) geography stubs
- France river stubs