Creuse
Sign in to saveriver in France, tributary of the Vienne
Key facts
- Native name
- La Creuse ( French )
- Country
- France
- Location
- Plateau de Millevaches
- Elevation
- 932 m (3,058 ft)
- Length
- 263 km (163 mi)
- Basin size
- 9,570 km (3,690 mi )
- Average
- 81 m /s (2,900 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- ‹See Tfd› Vienne → ‹See Tfd› Loire → Atlantic Ocean
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Indre-et-Loire
- Elevation
- 34
- Image
- La Creuse au Pont Noir - Vue vers Badecon-le-Pin.jpg
- Length
- 263.38
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- origin of the watercourse
- Le Mas-d'Artige
- maximum Strahler number
- 7
- Commons category
- Creuse river
- mouth of the watercourse
- Vienne
- watershed area
- 9570
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- discharge
- 85
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Creuse ( French pronunciation: [kʁøz] ; Occitan: Cruesa) is a 263-kilometre (163 mi) long river in western France, a tributary of the Vienne. Its source is in the Plateau de Millevaches, a north-western extension of the Massif Central.
Course
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Creuse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.