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The Armançon is a river in France. It is a right tributary of the Yonne river. It flows mostly through the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Armançon | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
- location | Burgundy |
- elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
Mouth | |
- location | Yonne |
- coordinates | 47°57′8″N 3°30′30″E |
Length | 202 km (126 mi) |
Basin size | 2,990 km2 (1,150 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 30 m3/s (1,100 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Yonne→ Seine→ English Channel |
Eight communes have the name of the river in their names: Aisy-sur-Armançon, Argenteuil-sur-Armançon, Brienon-sur-Armançon, Chailly-sur-Armançon, Montigny-sur-Armançon, Pacy-sur-Armançon, Perrigny-sur-Armançon, Saint-Martin-sur-Armançon.
The Armançon river has a length of 202.1 km (125.6 mi) and a drainage basin with an area of 3,077 km2 (1,188 sq mi).[1]
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 28.90 cubic metres per second at Brienon-sur-Armançon in the Yonne department.[2]
The source of the Armançon is in the natural region of Auxois, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the northwest of the town Meilly-sur-Rouvres, Côte-d'Or department, at an altitude of about 420 m (1,378 ft).[3]
The Armançon flows, in general, to the northwest and passes through the following regions, departments and communes:[1]
Finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the Yonne river at the limits of the communes Migennes and Cheny, in the Yonne department, at 81 m (266 ft) of altitude.[4]
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 30 km, of the Armançon are (only right tributaries because the left tributaries are very short):
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