Dourdou de Camarès

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.

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
• elevation	1,079 m (3,540 ft)
Mouth
• location	Tarn
• coordinates	43°59′47″N 02°41′05″E
• 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

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