Title: Ariège (river) Content: The Ariège (; ) is a river in the south of France. It is long. It is a right tributary of the Garonne. The Ariège department is named after this river. ==Geography== The Ariège river is long. It has a drainage basin of . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Pinsaguel, near the confluence with the Garonne, in the Haute-Garonne department, for a period of 30 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:180 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: 69.40 bar:Feb from:0 till: 78.10 bar:Mar from:0 till: 87.20 bar:Apr from:0 till: 113.0 bar:May from:0 till: 156.0 bar:Jun from:0 till: 123.0 bar:Jul from:0 till: 65.60 bar:Aug from:0 till: 33.20 bar:Sep from:0 till: 28.60 bar:Oct from:0 till: 39.10 bar:Nov from:0 till: 54.40 bar:Dec from:0 till: 70.10 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 69.40 fontsize:S text: 69.40 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 78.10 fontsize:S text: 78.10 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 87.20 fontsize:S text: 87.20 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 113.0 fontsize:S text: 113.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 156.0 fontsize:S text: 156.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 123.0 fontsize:S text: 123.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 65.60 fontsize:S text: 65.60 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 33.20 fontsize:S text: 33.20 shift:(-12,5) bar:Sep at: 28.60 fontsize:S text: 28.60 shift:(-12,5) bar:Oct at: 39.10 fontsize:S text: 39.10 shift:(-12,10) bar:Nov at: 54.40 fontsize:S text: 54.40 shift:(-12,10) bar:Dec at: 70.10 fontsize:S text: 70.10 shift:(-12,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Pinsaguel ===Course=== The source of the Ariège is in the Lac of Font Nègre, at the Pyrenees on the border between France and Andorra, just south of Pas de la Casa (Andorra) on the western side of the Pics Orientaux de Font Nègre, in the commune of Porta, Pyrénées-Orientales department, at an altitude of about . In its first part, it flows to the north, forming the border between France and Andorra, up to Pas de la Casa, and then turns to the north-east. After flowing through the Ariège plain, the river gets out of the department of Ariège and into the department of Haute- Garonne and, finally, joins the Garonne river at Portet-sur-Garonne, near the city of Toulouse. The Ariège flows to the northeast, in general, and passes through the following regions, departments and communes: Andorra * Parish of Canillo: Pas de la Casa France * Occitanie region ** Pyrénées-Orientales : Porta, Porté-Puymorens ** Ariège : L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre, Ax-les- Thermes, Les Cabannes, Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Montgaillard, Foix, Varilhes, Pamiers, Saverdun ** Haute-Garonne : Cintegabelle, Auterive, Venerque, Labarthe-sur-Lèze, Pins-Justaret, Pinsaguel The Ariège river flows through a total of 58 communes. Finally, it flows, as a right tributary, into the Garonne at Portet-sur-Garonne, in the Haute-Garonne department to the south of Toulouse, at of altitude. ==Main tributaries== Some of the tributaries are: * Right tributaries: ** Oriège ; its source is on the northern side of the peak Carlit and flows into the Ariége at Ax-les-Thermes. ** Lauze . ** Hers- Vif or Hers . It is the tributary more important of the Ariége; it joins the Ariége at Cintegabelle (Haute-Garonne). ** Aïse . * Left tributaries ** Aston . ** Vicdessos . It joins the Ariége at Tarascon-sur-Ariége. ** Courbière . It joins the Ariège before Tarascon-sur-Ariège. ** Arget . It joins the Ariège on the foot of the Foix castle. Its valley is named as la Barguillière. ** Lèze . ==Gallery== File:N20-ariège2.jpg|The Ariège near Ax-les-Thermes. File:Occitania tarascon.JPG|The Ariège river in Tarascon-sur- Ariège. File:Ariège River in Foix001.JPG|The Ariège in Foix. File:Rivière Ariège à Foix.JPG|The Ariège in Foix. File:Confluent Ariège-Garonne (2017).jpg|Confluence Ariège-Garonne. ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France