Title: Gardon Content: The Gardon or Gard is a river in southeastern France, in the Lozère and Gard departments in the Occitanie region. It is a right tributary of the Rhône river. The Gard department is named after this river. ==Geography== The Gardon 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 Sanilhac-Sagriès in the Gard 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:75 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:20 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5 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: 71.2 bar:Feb from:0 till: 61.9 bar:Mar from:0 till: 38.2 bar:Apr from:0 till: 34.3 bar:May from:0 till: 28.0 bar:Jun from:0 till: 14.6 bar:Jul from:0 till: 4.53 bar:Aug from:0 till: 4.65 bar:Sep from:0 till: 11.1 bar:Oct from:0 till: 50.0 bar:Nov from:0 till: 35.7 bar:Dec from:0 till: 39.4 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 71.2 fontsize:S text: 71.2 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 61.9 fontsize:S text: 61.9 shift:(-10,5) bar:Mar at: 38.2 fontsize:S text: 38.2 shift:(-10,5) bar:Apr at: 34.3 fontsize:S text: 34.3 shift:(-10,5) bar:May at: 28.0 fontsize:S text: 28.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:Jun at: 14.6 fontsize:S text: 14.6 shift:(-10,5) bar:Jul at: 4.53 fontsize:S text: 4.53 shift:(-10,5) bar:Aug at: 4.65 fontsize:S text: 4.65 shift:(-10,5) bar:Sep at: 11.1 fontsize:S text: 11.1 shift:(-10,5) bar:Oct at: 50.0 fontsize:S text: 50.0 shift:(-10,5) bar:Nov at: 35.7 fontsize:S text: 35.7 shift:(-10,5) bar:Dec at: 39.4 fontsize:S text: 39.4 shift:(-10,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Sanilhac-Sagriès ===Course=== The Gardon (known here as Gardon d'Anduze) starts in the Cévennes, southeastern Massif Central, in the commune of Saint-Martin-de- Lansuscle, Lozère department near Prat Reboubalès, at an altitude of about . The Gardon d'Anduze joins the Gardon d'Alès between the communes Cassagnoles and Vézénobres, at an altitude of about ; from here, the river is usually known simply as Gard. The Gardon flows to the southeast, in general, and passes through the Lozère and Gard departments, in the Occitanie region, and a total of 37 communes, most of them in the Gard department. Finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the Rhône river near Comps at of altitude. ==Main tributaries== The main tributaries, with a length greater than 20 km, of the Gardon are: * Le Gardon de Sainte-Croix - 27.9 km * Le Gardon de Saint-Jean - 49.4 km * Le Gardon d'Alès - 60.6 km * La Droude - 22.6 km * Le Bourdic - 25 km * L'Alzon - 23.7 km ==Gallery== File:Gardon 20110917 02.jpg|Le Gardon viewed from Saint-Jean-du-Gard File:Pont du Gard from river.jpg|Pont du Gard over the Gardon File:Gorges du Gardon.JPG|The Gardon gorges, near Sanilhac- Sagriès File:Gardon at Colias.JPG|The Gardon in Collias ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France