Tarn (river)

The Tarn is a river in southern France, tributary of the Garonne river. The Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne departments are named after this river.

Geography
The Tarn 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 Moissac, near the confluence with the Garonne, in the Tarn-et-Garonne department for a period of 57 years.

Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Moissac

Course
The source of the Tarn is on the Mont Lozère, in the Cévennes, southeastern Massif Central, in the commune of Le Pont-de-Montvert, Lozère department, at an altitude of about .

The Tarn flows to the southwest, in general, and passes through the following regions, departments and communes:

 Occitanie region
 Lozère: Le Pont-de-Montvert, Sainte-Enimie
 Aveyron: Millau, Saint-Rome-de-Tarn
 Tarn: Albi, Gaillac, Lisle-sur-Tarn, Rabastens, Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe
 Haute-Garonne: Bessières, Buzet-sur-Tarn, Villemur-sur-Tarn
 Tarn-et-Garonne: Montauban, Lafrançaise, Moissac

The Tarn river flows through a total of 104 communes.

Finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the Garonne near Moissac, in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, at  of altitude.

Main tributaries
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 25 km, of the Tarn are:

Left tributaries:
 Tarnon - 
 Jonte - 
 Dourbie - 
 Cernon - 
 Dourdou de Camarès - 
 Rance - 
 Agout - 

Right tributaries:
 Muze - 
 Alrance - 
 Tescou - 
 Aveyron - 
 Lemboulas - 

Gallery

Related pages
 List of rivers of France

 References 

Other websites

  Banque Hydro -  Banque Hydro - Station O5901010 - Le Tarn à Moissac (Synthèse) 
  Die Cevennen: Der Fluss Tarn und die Gorges du Tarn
 Office of Tourisme Gorges du Tarn - Grand Causses - Lozère 
 River Tarn (and the Tarn ‘Ring’) 

Category:Rivers of Occitanie