Title: Alagnon Content: The Alagnon is a French river that starts in the Massif Central within the Regional Natural Park of the Volcanoes of Auvergne  and that flows through the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is a left tributary of the Allier. ==Geography== The Alagnon river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Lempdes-sur-Allagnon in the Haute-Loire department. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:20 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:4 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:Jan text:Jan. bar:Feb text:Feb. bar:Mar text:Mar. bar:Apr text:Apr. bar:May text:May bar:Jun text:Jun. bar:Jul text:Jul. bar:Aug text:Aug. bar:Sep text:Sep. bar:Oct text:Oct. bar:Nov text:Nov. bar:Dec text:Dec. PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:Jan from:0 till: 18.40 bar:Feb from:0 till: 19.20 bar:Mar from:0 till: 18.30 bar:Apr from:0 till: 18.40 bar:May from:0 till: 15.70 bar:Jun from:0 till: 8.48 bar:Jul from:0 till: 3.91 bar:Aug from:0 till: 2.86 bar:Sep from:0 till: 3.44 bar:Oct from:0 till: 7.01 bar:Nov from:0 till: 11.70 bar:Dec from:0 till: 15.60 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 18.40 fontsize:S text: 18.40 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 19.20 fontsize:S text: 19.20 shift:(-10,5) bar:Mar at: 18.30 fontsize:S text: 18.30 shift:(-10,5) bar:Apr at: 18.40 fontsize:S text: 18.40 shift:(-10,5) bar:May at: 15.70 fontsize:S text: 15.70 shift:(-10,5) bar:Jun at: 8.48 fontsize:S text: 8.48 shift:(-10,5) bar:Jul at: 3.91 fontsize:S text: 3.91 shift:(-10,5) bar:Aug at: 2.86 fontsize:S text: 2.86 shift:(-10,5) bar:Sep at: 3.44 fontsize:S text: 3.44 shift:(-10,5) bar:Oct at: 7.01 fontsize:S text: 7.01 shift:(-10,5) bar:Nov at: 11.70 fontsize:S text: 11.70 shift:(-10,5) bar:Dec at: 15.60 fontsize:S text: 15.60 shift:(-10,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Lempdes-sur-Allagnon (50 years) ===Course=== The Alagnon river starts in the Mounts of Cantal (Massif Central), near the Puy Bataillouse mountain, commune of Laveissière, at an altitude of about , in the Cantal department. First, it flows to the east, near the Super Lioran ski resort, and gets into a gorge and, then, into a valley near Murat. The river flows in general to the northeast and gets into deep gorges in Lempdes-sur-Allagnon. The Alagnon river flows through the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, 3 departments and 23 communes. Two communes are named after the river: La Chapelle-d'Alagnon and Lempdes-sur-Allagnon. It flows through the following communes, among others: * Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ** Cantal department: Laveissière, Murat, La Chapelle-d'Alagnon, Neussargues-Moissac, Ferrières-Saint-Mary, Molompize, Massiac ** Haute-Loire department: Grenier-Montgon, Torsiac, Lempdes-sur-Allagnon ** Puy-de-Dôme department: Charbonnier-les-Mines, Beaulieu, Auzat-la-Combelle Finally, it flows into the Allier river in the town of Auzat-la-Combelle, in the place known as Le Saut du Loup, in the Puy- de-Dôme department. == Main tributaries == The main tributaries, over 20 km long, of the Cère river are: Left tributaries: * Allanche - 30.5 km * Sianne - 33.1 km * Bave - 22 km * Auze - 17.5 Right tributaries: * Arcueil - 37.8 km * Alagnonnette - 20 km * Violette - 15.4 km ==Gallery== File:Alagnon Torsiac 1.JPG|The Alagnon in Torsiac. File:Alagnon Léotoing.JPG|The Alagnon and the Léotoing castle. File:Alagnon Molompize.JPG|The Alagnon in Molompize. ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France