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.
This list is ordered from source to mouth: