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Cèze

Coordinates: 44°6′30″N 4°42′13″E / 44.10833°N 4.70361°E / 44.10833; 4.70361
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Cèze
Sautadet Rapids at La Roque-sur-Cèze
Location
CountryFrance
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCévennes
Mouth 
 • location
Rhône
 • coordinates
44°6′30″N 4°42′13″E / 44.10833°N 4.70361°E / 44.10833; 4.70361
Length128 km (80 mi)
Basin size1,360 km2 (530 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average22 m3/s (780 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionRhôneMediterranean Sea
The river by Montclus (Gard)

The Cèze (French pronunciation: [sɛz]; Occitan: Céser) is a karstic French river, a right tributary of the Rhône.[1] It runs through the departments of Lozère and Gard in the Occitanie region. It is 128 km (80 mi) long,[2] and its basin area is 1,360 km2 (530 sq mi).[3] Its source is in the Cévennes mountains, near Saint-André-Capcèze. It flows through Bessèges, Saint-Ambroix, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, and it flows into the Rhône at Codolet, southwest of Orange.

Its longest tributaries are the Luech, Auzon, Tave, Ganière and Aiguillon.[2]

In the dry season, the Cèze sometimes dries up.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Johannet, A.; Ayral, P.A.; Vayssade, B. (2007), Elleithy, Khaled (ed.), "Modelling non Measurable Processes by Neural Networks: Forecasting Underground Flow Case Study of the Céze Basin (Gard - France)", Advances and Innovations in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 53–58, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6264-3_10, ISBN 978-1-4020-6263-6, retrieved 2022-05-15
  2. ^ a b Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Cèze (V54-0400)".
  3. ^ Bassin versant, La Cèze, Syndicat Mixte AB Cèze.
  4. ^ Chapuis, Hervé; Ré-Bahuaud, Jordan; Jolivet, Joël; Paran, Frédéric; Graillot, Didier (2019-04-10), Karst–River Interaction, Elaboration of an Indicator of the Karst Hydrological Conditions Applied to the Cèze River (Gard, France), Advances in Karst Science, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 77–81, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14015-1_9, ISBN 978-3-030-14014-4, S2CID 198401247, retrieved 2022-05-15