Title: Dadou Content: The Dadou is a river in southwestern France, right tributary of the Agout river. It flows through the Tarn department, in the Occitanie region. ==Geography== The Dadou 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 Montdragon in the Tarn 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: 13.00 bar:Feb from:0 till: 17.00 bar:Mar from:0 till: 12.50 bar:Apr from:0 till: 11.70 bar:May from:0 till: 10.00 bar:Jun from:0 till: 5.36 bar:Jul from:0 till: 2.47 bar:Aug from:0 till: 1.82 bar:Sep from:0 till: 2.05 bar:Oct from:0 till: 2.72 bar:Nov from:0 till: 5.38 bar:Dec from:0 till: 10.40 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 13.00 fontsize:S text: 13.00 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 17.00 fontsize:S text: 17.00 shift:(-10,5) bar:Mar at: 12.50 fontsize:S text: 12.50 shift:(-10,5) bar:Apr at: 11.70 fontsize:S text: 11.70 shift:(-10,5) bar:May at: 10.00 fontsize:S text: 10.00 shift:(-10,5) bar:Jun at: 5.36 fontsize:S text: 5.36 shift:(-10,5) bar:Jul at: 2.47 fontsize:S text: 2.47 shift:(-10,5) bar:Aug at: 1.82 fontsize:S text: 1.82 shift:(-10,5) bar:Sep at: 2.05 fontsize:S text: 2.05 shift:(-10,5) bar:Oct at: 2.72 fontsize:S text: 2.72 shift:(-10,5) bar:Nov at: 5.38 fontsize:S text: 5.38 shift:(-10,5) bar:Dec at: 10.40 fontsize:S text: 10.40 shift:(-10,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Montdragon (49 years) ===Course=== The source of the Dadou is on the Monts de Lacaune, in the southern Massif Central, in the commune of Saint-Salvi-de- Carcavès, Tarn department, at an altitude of about . The Agout flows, in general, to the west through the Tarn department and 26 communes. Some of the communes are Montdragon, Graulhet, Briatexte, Lacaze, Rayssac, Saint-Julien- du-Puy, Vénès, Saint-Genest-de-Contest, Le Masnau-Massuguiès, Saint-Salvi-de- Carcavès, Laboutarie, Lombers, Réalmont, Saint-Lieux-Lafenasse, Saint-Antonin- de-Lacalm, Le Travet, Teillet, Arifat, Mont-Roc, Paulinet, Giroussens, Saint- Jean-de-Rives, Ambres, Saint-Gauzens, Puybegon, Montredon-Labessonnié. Finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the Agout river at Ambres, near Saint-Jean-de-Rives, in the Tarn department, at of altitude. ==Main tributaries== The main tributaries of the Dadou are: Left tributaries: * Dadounet (15 km) * Bardes (15 km) * Rieu de l’Aze (15 km) * Bezan (12 km) Right tributaries: * Ambias (12 km) * Oulas (24 km) * Lézert (17 km) * Assou (37 km) * Agros (19 km) ==Gallery== File:Chateau de Granval.jpg|Chateau de Granval ruins and the Dadou river File:New and old bridges in Graulhet, France.jpg|New and old bridges over the Dadou, Graulhet File:Briatexte moulin 2.JPG|Mill on the Dadou, Briatexte ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France