Title: Aveyron (river) Content: The Aveyron  is a river in southern France. It is a tributary of the Tarn river. The Aveyron department is named after this river. ==Geography== The Aveyron river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of . Its discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) has been observed from 1914 to 2017 in Piquecos, a commune of the Tarn-et-Garonne department close to the city of Montauban near the confluence with the Tarn river. Its average yearly discharge at Piquecos is . 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:120 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:20 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:10 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: 96.00 bar:Feb from:0 till: 110.0 bar:Mar from:0 till: 87.80 bar:Apr from:0 till: 77.00 bar:May from:0 till: 59.40 bar:Jun from:0 till: 32.40 bar:Jul from:0 till: 12.50 bar:Aug from:0 till: 7.920 bar:Sep from:0 till: 10.40 bar:Oct from:0 till: 18.20 bar:Nov from:0 till: 43.60 bar:Dec from:0 till: 85.70 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 96.00 fontsize:S text: 96.00 shift:(-9,8) bar:Feb at: 110.0 fontsize:S text: 110.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 87.80 fontsize:S text: 87.80 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 77.00 fontsize:S text: 77.00 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 59.40 fontsize:S text: 59.40 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 32.40 fontsize:S text: 32.40 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 12.50 fontsize:S text: 12.50 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 7.920 fontsize:S text: 7.920 shift:(-12,5) bar:Sep at: 10.40 fontsize:S text: 10.40 shift:(-12,5) bar:Oct at: 18.20 fontsize:S text: 18.20 shift:(-12,5) bar:Nov at: 43.60 fontsize:S text: 43.60 shift:(-12,5) bar:Dec at: 85.70 fontsize:S text: 85.70 shift:(-12,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Piquecos ===Course=== The source of the Aveyron is in southern Massif Central, near the commune of Sévérac-le-Château, in the Aveyron department, at an altitude of . The Aveyron passes through the departments and towns of: * Aveyron : Sévérac-le-Château, Laissac, Rodez, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Najac * Tarn : Penne * Tarn-et-Garonne : Saint- Antonin-Noble-Val, Bruniquel, Montricoux, Nègrepelisse, Piquecos The Aveyron river flows through 62 communes. Three communes have the name of the river: Agen-d'Aveyron, Gaillac-d'Aveyron, Clairvaux-d'Aveyron. Finally, it flows into the Tarn river to the nortwest of Montauban, between Lafrançaise and Villemade, in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, at of altitude. ==Main tributaries == The main tributaries of the Aveyron are: Left tributaries: * Viaur - * Cérou - * Vère - * Serène de Sanvensa - Right tributaries: * Alzou - * Bonnette - * Lère - * Serre - ==Gallery== File:Sources de l'Aveyron 03.jpg|Source of the Aveyron. File:Pont saint blaise najac.jpg|Aveyron river in Najac. File:Vue Villefranche-de-Rouergue 271206.jpg|The Aveyron in Villefranche-de-Rouergue. File:L'aveyron au gai de Piquecos.jpg|The Aveyron river near Piquecos. File:12 - Montrozier Pont.jpg|Bridge over the Aveyron in Montrozier. ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France