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Arconce | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | in Mary |
• coordinates | 46°36′33″N 04°28′20″E / 46.60917°N 4.47222°E |
• elevation | 460 m (1,510 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Loire |
• coordinates | 46°26′39″N 04°00′17″E / 46.44417°N 4.00472°E |
• elevation | 229 m (751 ft) |
Length | 98.8 km (61.4 mi) |
Basin size | 599 km2 (231 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 5.65 m3/s (200 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Loire→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Arconce (French pronunciation: [aʁkɔ̃s]) is a 98.8 km (61.4 mi) long river in the Saône-et-Loire department in central France.[1] Its source is in Mary, 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of the village. It is a right tributary of the Loire, into which it flows at Varenne-Saint-Germain, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) northwest of the village.
It flows generally southwest, but north from Anzy-le-Duc to its mouth, with numerous meanders.
The following communes are ordered from source to mouth : Mary, Gourdon, Le Rousset, Marizy, Ballore, Mornay, Martigny-le-Comte, Viry, Charolles, Changy, Lugny-lès-Charolles, Saint-Julien-de-Civry, Nochize, Poisson, Varenne-l'Arconce, Saint-Didier-en-Brionnais, Sarry, Anzy-le-Duc, Montceaux-l'Étoile, Versaugues, L'Hôpital-le-Mercier, Saint-Yan, Varenne-Saint-Germain