Country France Length 57 km | Basin size 641 km (247 sq mi) Basin area 641 km² | |
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Main source Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
1,250 m (4,100 ft) River mouth Dordogne
410 m (1,350 ft) Progression Dordogne→ Atlantic Ocean Discharge Average rate:
20 m/s (710 cu ft/s) | ||
The Rhue (French: la Rhue, also called Grande Rhue) is a 56.6-kilometre (35.2 mi) long river in the Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Corrèze départements, south central France. Its source is at Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, near Super Besse, in the parc naturel régional des volcans d'Auvergne, 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) southeast of the puy de Sancy. It flows generally southwest. It is a left tributary of the Dordogne into which it flows at Bort-les-Orgues.
Its main tributaries are the Santoire, the petite Rhue and the Tarentaine.
Communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
References
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