Title: Dordogne (river) Content: The Dordogne  is a river in south-central and southwest France. The Dordogne river and its drainage basin was named as a Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO on 11 July 2012. ==Geography== The Dordogne has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of approximately . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 274 cubic metres per second at Bergerac. 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:500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:100 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:50 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: 446.0 bar:Feb from:0 till: 459.0 bar:Mar from:0 till: 382.0 bar:Apr from:0 till: 347.0 bar:May from:0 till: 288.0 bar:Jun from:0 till: 190.0 bar:Jul from:0 till: 118.0 bar:Aug from:0 till: 80.10 bar:Sep from:0 till: 122.0 bar:Oct from:0 till: 190.0 bar:Nov from:0 till: 265.0 bar:Dec from:0 till: 408.0 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 446.0 fontsize:S text: 446.0 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 459.0 fontsize:S text: 459.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:Mar at: 382.0 fontsize:S text: 382.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:Apr at: 347.0 fontsize:S text: 347.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:May at: 288.0 fontsize:S text: 288.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:Jun at: 190.0 fontsize:S text: 190.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:Jul at: 118.0 fontsize:S text: 118.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:Aug at: 80.10 fontsize:S text: 80.10 shift:(-10,5) bar:Sep at: 122.0 fontsize:S text: 122.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:Oct at: 190.0 fontsize:S text: 190.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:Nov at: 265.0 fontsize:S text: 265.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:Dec at: 408.0 fontsize:S text: 408.0 shift:(-10,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Bergerac (1958-2011) ===Course=== thumbnail|left|The Dordogne river at Bergerac The Dordogne starts on the sides of the Puy de Sancy, Massif Central, in the commune of Mont-Dore, Puy-de-Dôme department, at an elevation of about . It flows generally west through the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and the Dordogne department before flowing into the Gironde where it joins, in the north of the city of Bordeaux, the Garonne river to form the Gironde estuary, at about of altitude. The Dordogne flows through 4 regions, 6 departments and 173 communes. The main communes are: * Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ** Puy-de-Dôme: Mont-Dore, La Bourboule, La Bourboule, Avèze, Singles, Larodde, Labessette ** Cantal: Beaulieu, Lanobre, Madic, Saint-Pierre, Champagnac, Veyrières, Arches, Chalvignac * Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ** Corrèze: Bort-les-Orgues, Saint- Julien-près-Bort, Liginiac, Neuvic, Soursac, Argentat, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne * Occitanie region ** Lot: Carennac, Bétaille, Vayrac, Martel, Souillac * Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ** Dordogne: Carlux, Domme, La Roque-Gageac, Beynac- et-Cazenac, Saint-Cyprien, Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang, Lalinde, Mouleydier, Creysse, Bergerac, Prigonrieux ** Gironde: Sainte-Foy-la- Grande, Castillon-la-Bataille, Libourne, Fronsac, Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Bourg, Cubzac-les-Ponts ==Main tributaries == The main tributaries (more than 50 km long) of the Dordogne river are: Left tributaries: * Rhue - 56.6 km; * Maronne - 92.6 km; * Cère - 120.4 km; * Céou - 55.1 km; Right tributaries: * Chavanon - 54.2 km; * Diège - 54.4 km; * Triouzoune - 51.3 km; * Luzège - 64.2 km; * Doustre - 51.2 km; * Vézère - 211.2 km; * Isle - 255.3 km; ==Gallery== Dordogne amont mont dore.jpg|The Dordogne near the town of Mont-Dore Château de beynac.JPG|The Dordogne and the Beynac castle Meyronne dordogne.jpg|Meyronne and the Dordogne Libourne confluent (12).JPG|Confluence of the Dordogne and the Isle rivers ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France