Arrats de devant Petit Arrats | |
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Waterfall, located on the section of river, running through the commune of Saint-Blancard. | |
Location of Arrats de devant (Occitanie region) | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Gascony |
• location | Betbeze |
• coordinates | 43°17′18″N 0°34′04″E / 43.28833°N 0.56778°E / 43.28833; 0.56778 |
• elevation | 387.05 m (1,269.8 ft) |
Mouth | Arrats (Lac de l'Astarac) |
• location | Bézues-Bajon |
• coordinates | 43°22′54″N 0°37′51″E / 43.38167°N 0.63083°E / 43.38167; 0.63083 |
• elevation | 237.51 m (779.2 ft) |
Length | 14 km (8.7 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Arrats→ Garonne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean |
Tributaries | |
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• right |
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The Arrats de devant, sometimes called the Petit Arrats (little Arrats), is a river in southern France and a sub-tributary of the Garonne via the Arrats.
Geography
Measuring 14.1 km (8.8 mi) long, the Arrats de devant originates in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the commune of Betbeze, starting an elevation of 387.05 m (1,269.8 ft). It flows into the Arrats at the commune of Bézues-Bajon in the Lac de l'Astarac, ending at an elevation of 237.51 m (779.2 ft).
Lac de l'Astarac is formed from two forks, creating a Y-shape. The east fork is the Petit Arrats, while the west fork is formed by the upstream part of the Arrats.
Departments and towns intersected
Main tributaries
- (L) Métairie du Bois creek : 1.4 km (0.87 mi)
- (L) Briquet creek : 1.4 km (0.87 mi)
- (R) Gouttillets creek : 1.3 km (0.81 mi)
- (R) Nax creek : 1.5 km (0.93 mi)
(R) right bank; (L) left bank.
Gallery
- Natural log jam on the river destroyed by the February 2021 flood.
- Bridge over the D139.
References
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Arrats de devant (O6020610)". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "L'Arrats de Devant" (JPG). Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière. June 11, 1947. Archived from the original on December 5, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
Sources
- French Misplaced Pages; Arrats de devant, Accessed on December 4, 2024.
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