Chavanon Explained

Chavanon
Pushpin Map:France#France Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Source1 Location:Crocq
Source1 Coordinates:45.8406°N 2.3778°W
Mouth Location:Dordogne
Mouth Coordinates:45.5539°N 2.5158°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:France
Length:54.2km (33.7miles)
Source1 Elevation:780m (2,560feet)
Mouth Elevation:530m (1,740feet)
Discharge1 Avg:6.53m3/s
Basin Size:474km2

The Chavanon (in French pronounced as /ʃavanɔ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Chavanon) (also called la Ramade) is a 54.2km (33.7miles) long river in the Creuse, Puy-de-Dôme, and Corrèze départements, central France. Its source is in Crocq. It flows generally southeast. It is a right tributary of the Dordogne into which it flows between Savennes and Confolent-Port-Dieu.

For most of its course, it forms part of the boundary between the Limousin and Auvergne regions.

Départements and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: