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Basin size
  
750 km (290 sq mi)

Discharge
  
9.6 m³/s

Source
  
Bridges
  
River mouth
  
Length
  
84 km

Source elevation
  
2,500 m

Mouth
  
Mediterranean Sea

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Main source
  
Pyrenees±2,500 m (8,200 ft)

Similar
  
Albera Massif, Canigou, Roussillon, Les Gorges de la Fou, Pont du Diable

The Tech ([tɛk]; Catalan: Tec [ˈtɛk]) is a river in southern France, very close to the French-Spanish border. It runs through a valley in the Pyrénées-Orientales, in the former Roussillon, and is 84 kilometres (52 mi) long. Its source is the Parcigoule Valley, elevation 2,500 metres (8,200 ft), and it feeds the Mediterranean Sea. At Céret, the medieval Devil's bridge, once the largest bridge arch in the world, spans the river in an arc of 45 metres (148 ft) in length.

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GeographyEdit

The Tech flows through 25 different towns, from its source to the sea: Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Serralongue, Le Tech, Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans, Montferrer, Corsavy, Arles-sur-Tech, Montbolo, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Reynès, Céret, Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts, Maureillas-las-Illas, Le Boulou, Tresserre, Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines, Montesquieu-des-Albères, Banyuls-dels-Aspres, Villelongue-dels-Monts, Brouilla, Ortaffa, Palau-del-Vidre, Elne and Argelès-sur-Mer. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea between Saint-Cyprien and Argelès-sur-Mer, southeast of Perpignan.

In cultureEdit

Poetry
  • (French) Ode au Tech [Ode to the Tech] (1912), a poem by the writer Marc Anfossi..
  • References

    Tech (river) Wikipedia


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