Dourdou de Camarès

Coordinates: 43°59′47″N 02°41′05″E / 43.99639°N 2.68472°E

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Dourdou de Camarès
The Dourdou at Brusque
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Location
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	in Murat-sur-Vèbre
• coordinates	43°39′19″N 02°54′30″E / 43.65528°N 2.90833°E / 43.65528; 2.90833
• elevation	1,079 m (3,540 ft)

Mouth
• location	Tarn
• coordinates	43°59′47″N 02°41′05″E / 43.99639°N 2.68472°E / 43.99639; 2.68472
• elevation	245 m (804 ft)
Length	86.8 km (53.9 mi)
Basin size	658 km² (254 sq mi)

Discharge
• average	12.1 m³/s (430 cu ft/s)

Basin features
Progression	Tarn→ Garonne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean

The Dourdou de Camarès (French pronunciation: [duʁdu də kamaʁɛs], literally Dourdou of Camarès; Occitan: Dordon de Camarés) is an 86.8 km (53.9 mi) long river in the Tarn, Hérault and Aveyron departments in southern France.^[1] Its source is in the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc, in the commune of Murat-sur-Vèbre, 5.5 km (3.4 mi) southeast of the village. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Tarn into which it flows at Broquiès, 1.2 km (0.75 mi) southwest of the village.

Its main tributary is the Sorgues.

Departments and communes along its course

The following list is ordered from source to mouth :

Tarn: Murat-sur-Vèbre
Hérault: Castanet-le-Haut
Aveyron: Arnac-sur-Dourdou, Brusque, Fayet, Sylvanès, Camarès, Montlaur, Vabres-l'Abbaye, Saint-Affrique, Calmels-et-le-Viala, Saint-Izaire, Broquiès

References

^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Dourdou de Camarès (O35-0400)".

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