Brame | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | La Souterraine |
• coordinates | 46°14′02″N 01°27′29″E / 46.23389°N 1.45806°E |
• elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Gartempe |
• coordinates | 46°16′33″N 00°56′09″E / 46.27583°N 0.93583°E |
• elevation | 123 m (404 ft) |
Length | 60.4 km (37.5 mi) |
Basin size | 235 km2 (91 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 2.3 m3/s (81 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Gartempe→ Creuse→ Vienne→ Loire→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Brame (Occitan: Brama, French: la Brame) is a 60.4 km (37.5 mi) long river in the Creuse and Haute-Vienne départements, central France.[1] Its source is at La Souterraine. It flows generally west. It is a right tributary of the Gartempe into which it flows between Thiat and Darnac.
Communes along its course
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- Creuse: La Souterraine, Saint-Maurice-la-Souterraine
- Haute-Vienne: Arnac-la-Poste, Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille, Saint-Sornin-Leulac, Dompierre-les-Églises, Magnac-Laval, Dinsac, La Bazeuge, Oradour-Saint-Genest, Le Dorat, Thiat, Darnac
References
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