Tarn (river)
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The Tarn river at Albi
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Country | France |
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Region | Occitanie |
Departments | Lozère, Aveyron, Tarn, Haute-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne |
Communes | Le Pont-de-Montvert, Millau, Albi, Gaillac, Villemur-sur-Tarn, Montauban, Moissac |
Tributaries | |
- left | Tarnon, Jonte, Dourbie, Cernon, Dourdou de Camarès, Rance, Agout |
- right | Muze, Alrance, Tescou, Aveyron, Lemboulas |
Cities | Millau, Albi, Montauban, Saint-Juéry, Gaillac, Moissac |
Source | Cévennes |
- location | Mont Lozère, Massif Central, France |
- elevation | 1,560 m (5,118 ft) |
- coordinates | 44°24′54″N 3°48′51″E / 44.41500°N 3.81417°E |
Mouth | Garonne |
- location | Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, France |
- elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
- coordinates | 44°05′11″N 3°48′51″E / 44.08639°N 3.81417°E |
Length | 381 km (237 mi) |
Basin | 15,700 km² (6,062 sq mi) |
Discharge | for Moissac |
- average | 233 m³/s (8,228 cu ft/s) |
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The Tarn is a river in southern France, tributary of the Garonne river. The Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne departments are named after this river.
Geography[change | change source]
The Tarn river has a length of 380.6 km (236.5 mi) and a drainage basin with an area of 15,700 km2 (6,062 sq mi).[1]
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 233 m3/s (8,200 cu ft/s) at Moissac, near the confluence with the Garonne, in the Tarn-et-Garonne department for a period of 57 years.[2]

Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Moissac
Course[change | change source]
The source of the Tarn is on the Mont Lozère, in the Cévennes, southeastern Massif Central, in the commune of Le Pont-de-Montvert, Lozère department, at an altitude of about 1,560 m (5,118 ft).[3]
The Tarn flows to the southwest, in general, and passes through the following regions, departments and communes:
- Occitanie region
The Tarn river flows through a total of 104 communes.[1]
Finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the Garonne near Moissac, in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, at 23 m (75 ft) of altitude.[4]
Main tributaries[change | change source]
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 25 km, of the Tarn are:
Left tributaries:
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Gallery[change | change source]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Le Tarn (O---0100)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ "Le Tarn à Moissac" (in French). Banque Hydro. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ "Source du Tarn" (in French). Géoportail. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Confluence du Tarn" (in French). Géoportail. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Le Tarnon (O30-0400)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "La Jonte (O31-0400)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "La Dourbie (O33-0400)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Le Cernon (O34-0400)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Le Dourdou de Camarès (O35-0400)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Le Rance (O37-0400)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "L'Agout (O4--0250)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "La Muze (O34-0430)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "L'Alrance (O36-0400)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Le Tescou (O49-0430)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "L'Aveyron (O5--0250)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Le Lemboulas (O59-0400)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
Other websites[change | change source]
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- (in French) Banque Hydro - Banque Hydro - Station O5901010 - Le Tarn à Moissac (Synthèse) Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- (in German) Die Cevennen: Der Fluss Tarn und die Gorges du Tarn
- Office of Tourisme Gorges du Tarn - Grand Causses - Lozère Archived 2011-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
- River Tarn (and the Tarn ‘Ring’)