Agout

The Agout or Agoût (Occitan: Agot) is a river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Tarn river. It flows through the Occitanie region.

Agout
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
- location	Massif Central
Mouth
- location	Tarn River
- coordinates	43°47′4″N 1°41′1″E
Length	195 km (121 mi)
Basin size	3,500 km2 (1,400 sq mi)
Discharge
- average	55 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Tarn→ Garonne→ Atlantic Ocean

Three communes have the name of the river in their names: La Salvetat-sur-Agout, Fraisse-sur-Agout and Vielmur-sur-Agout.

Geography

The Agout river has a length of 194.4 km (120.8 mi) and a drainage basin with an area of 3,497 km² (1,350 sq mi).^[1]

Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 41 m³/s (1,400 cu ft/s) at Lavaur in the Tarn department.^[2]

Average monthly discharge (m³/s) at Lavaur (56 years)^[2]

Course

The source of the Agout is on the Monts d'Espinouse, in the southern Massif Central in the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut-Languedoc ("Regional Natural Park of High Languedoc"), in the commune of Cambon-et-Salvergues, Hérault department, at an altitude of about 1,060 m (3,478 ft).^[3]

The Agout flows, in general, to the northwest and passes through the following regions, departments and communes:

• Occitanie region
  • Hérault: La Salvetat-sur-Agout, Fraisse-sur-Agout
  • Tarn: Brassac, Castelnau-de-Brassac, Coufouleux, Giroussens, Burlats, Lavaur, Castres, Rabastens, Saint-Sulpice

The Agout river flows through a total of 36 communes.^[1]

Finally, it flows, as a left tributary into the Tarn river at Saint-Sulpice, in the Tarn department, at 98 m (322 ft) of altitude.^[4]

Main tributaries

The main tributaries, with a length greater than 30 km, of the Agout are:

• Left tributaries
  • Durenque - 31.5 km;^[5] it joins the Agout in Castres.
  • Thoré - 61.6 km;^[6]
  • Sor - 60.8 km;^[7]
• Right tributaries
  • Gijou - 50.1 km;^[8]
  • Dadou - 115.8 km;^[9]

Gallery

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  Cambon-et-Salvergues: Source of the river Agout
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  Houses in Castres by the Agout river
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  The Agout at Giroussens
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  The Agout at Castres
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  Bridge over the Agout at Brassac
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  Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe

Related pages

• List of rivers of France