Célé

The Célé is a river in southern France. It is a right tributary of the Lot river; it is the second largest tributary of the Lot, after the Truyère.

Célé
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Length	104.4 km (64.9 mi)

Several communes have the name of the river in their names:Bagnac-sur-Célé, Marcilhac-sur-Célé, Sauliac-sur-Célé.

Geography

The Célé river has a length of 104.4 km (64.9 mi) and a drainage basin with an area of 1,289 km² (498 sq mi).

Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 17.90 cubic metres per second at Orniac.

Course

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Le Célé in Marcilhac-sur-Célé

The Célé starts in the Massif Central, in the "commune" of Calvinet (Cantal department), at an altitude of about 713 m (2,339 ft).

The Célé flows to the west, in general, and passes through 2 regions, 2 departments and 26 communes:

• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
  • Cantal: Calvinet, Saint-Constant, Maurs, Le Trioulou, Mourjou, Fournoulès, Cassaniouze
• Occitanie region
  • Lot: Viazac, Linac, Saint-Jean-Mirabel, Bagnac-sur-Célé, Figeac, Marcilhac-sur-Célé, Lunan, Corn, Camboulit, Boussac, Brengues, Saint-Sulpice, Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie, Béduer, Cabrerets, Orniac, Sauliac-sur-Célé, Saint-Chels

Finally, it flows, as a right tributary, into the Lot river, in Bouziès, in the Lot department, at 125 m (410 ft) of altitude.

Main tributaries

The main tributaries of the Célé river are (only right tributaries because the left tributaries are small Streams):

Right tributaries:

• Ressègue - 22.4 km
• Rance - 35.9 km
• Veyre - 32.9 km
• Bervezou - 24 km
• Drauzou - 22.6 km

Related pages

• List of rivers of France

Other websites

• Banque Hydro - MEDDE, « Synthèse de la Banque Hydro - Le Célé à Orniac Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine (in French)