Title: Tarn (river) Content: The Tarn is a river in southern France, tributary of the Garonne river. The Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne departments are named after this river. ==Geography== The Tarn 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 Moissac, near the confluence with the Garonne, in the Tarn-et-Garonne department for a period of 57 years. 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:450 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:50 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:25 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: 328.0 bar:Feb from:0 till: 393.0 bar:Mar from:0 till: 401.0 bar:Apr from:0 till: 312.0 bar:May from:0 till: 269.0 bar:Jun from:0 till: 140.0 bar:Jul from:0 till: 78.90 bar:Aug from:0 till: 54.90 bar:Sep from:0 till: 64.10 bar:Oct from:0 till: 136.0 bar:Nov from:0 till: 233.0 bar:Dec from:0 till: 396.0 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 328.0 fontsize:S text: 328.0 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 393.0 fontsize:S text: 393.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 401.0 fontsize:S text: 401.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 312.0 fontsize:S text: 312.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 269.0 fontsize:S text: 269.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 140.0 fontsize:S text: 140.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 78.90 fontsize:S text: 78.90 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 54.90 fontsize:S text: 54.90 shift:(-12,5) bar:Sep at: 64.10 fontsize:S text: 64.10 shift:(-12,5) bar:Oct at: 136.0 fontsize:S text: 136.0 shift:(-12,10) bar:Nov at: 233.0 fontsize:S text: 233.0 shift:(-12,10) bar:Dec at: 396.0 fontsize:S text: 396.0 shift:(-12,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Moissac ===Course=== The source of the Tarn is on the Mont Lozère, in the Cévennes, southeastern Massif Central, in the commune of Le Pont-de-Montvert, Lozère department, at an altitude of about . The Tarn flows to the southwest, in general, and passes through the following regions, departments and communes: * Occitanie region ** Lozère: Le Pont-de-Montvert, Sainte-Enimie ** Aveyron: Millau, Saint-Rome-de-Tarn ** Tarn: Albi, Gaillac, Lisle-sur-Tarn, Rabastens, Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe ** Haute-Garonne: Bessières, Buzet-sur-Tarn, Villemur-sur-Tarn ** Tarn-et-Garonne: Montauban, Lafrançaise, Moissac The Tarn river flows through a total of 104 communes. Finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the Garonne near Moissac, in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, at of altitude. ==Main tributaries== The main tributaries, with a length greater than 25 km, of the Tarn are: Left tributaries: * Tarnon - * Jonte - * Dourbie - * Cernon - * Dourdou de Camarès - * Rance - * Agout - Right tributaries: * Muze - * Alrance - * Tescou - * Aveyron - * Lemboulas - ==Gallery== File:Tarn River (France).jpg|The Tarn near Cocurès, Lozère File:Gorges du Tarn view.jpg|The Gorges of the Tarn river File:Albi castelviel pont vieux.jpg|The Tarn at Albi File:Ambialet vue2.JPG|The Tarn at Ambialet File:FR-82-Montauban10.JPG|Pont Vieux, Montauban ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France