Vézère

Also known as Vezere

thumb|upright=1.2|Bridge over the river Vézère in the village of Montignac, Dordogne|Montignac

Key facts

River.name: Vézère
River.image: Vézère vieux pont.jpg
River.image_caption: Le Saillant, bridge over the river Vézère
River.map: Vézère.png
River.source1_location: Plateau de Millevaches
River.mouth_location: Dordogne
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: France
UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS: Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
UNESCO World Heritage Site.image: Vezere madelaine.JPG
UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright: 1.2
UNESCO World Heritage Site.caption: Vézère at La Madeleine site
UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria: (i)(iii)
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID: 85
UNESCO World Heritage Site.year: 1979

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections

Contents

Geography
Departments and main communes crossed
Facilities
Hydronymy
Prehistoric sites and decorated caves in the Vézère valley
References
External links

thumb|upright=1.2|Bridge over the river Vézère in the village of Montignac, Dordogne|Montignac

The Vézère (; ) is a 211-km-long river in southwestern France. It is an important tributary to the Dordogne. Its source is in the northwestern part of the elevated plateau known as the Massif Central. It flows into the Dordogne from the right near Le Bugue. The river Corrèze is a tributary of the Vézère.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vézère” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.