Diège

Diège
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Plateau de Millevaches
• coordinates	45°43′31″N 02°08′28″E
• elevation	770 m (2,530 ft)
Mouth
• location	Dordogne
• coordinates	45°24′51″N 02°22′52″E
• elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Length	54.4 km (33.8 mi)
Basin size	508 km2 (196 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	12 m3/s (420 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Dordogne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean

The Diège (Occitan: Dieja) is a 54.4 km (33.8 mi) long river in the Corrèze département, south central France. Its source is at Saint-Setiers, on the plateau de Millevaches, in the parc naturel régional de Millevaches en Limousin. It flows generally southeast. It is a right tributary of the Dordogne into which it flows between Roche-le-Peyroux and Saint-Julien-près-Bort, 68 km (42 mi) southwest of Clermont-Ferrand.

Its main tributary is the Liège.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

Corrèze: Saint-Setiers, Sornac, Bellechassagne, Saint-Germain-Lavolps, Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux, Chaveroche, Ussel, Mestes, Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches, Chirac-Bellevue, Saint-Victour, Margerides, Saint-Étienne-la-Geneste, Sainte-Marie-Lapanouze, Roche-le-Peyroux, Saint-Julien-près-Bort,

Notes

This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on 6 May 2009.

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