Agout

The Agout or Agoût () is a river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Tarn river. It flows through the Occitanie region.

Three communes have the name of the river in their names: La Salvetat-sur-Agout, Fraisse-sur-Agout and Vielmur-sur-Agout.

Geography
The Agout 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 Lavaur in the Tarn department.

Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Lavaur (56 years)

Course
The source of the Agout is on the Monts d'Espinouse, in the southern Massif Central in the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut-Languedoc ("Regional Natural Park of High Languedoc"), in the commune of Cambon-et-Salvergues, Hérault department, at an altitude of about .

The Agout flows, in general, to the northwest and passes through the following regions, departments and communes:

 Occitanie region
 Hérault: La Salvetat-sur-Agout, Fraisse-sur-Agout
 Tarn: Brassac, Castelnau-de-Brassac, Coufouleux, Giroussens, Burlats, Lavaur, Castres, Rabastens, Saint-Sulpice

The Agout river flows through a total of 36 communes.

Finally, it flows, as a left tributary into the Tarn river at Saint-Sulpice, in the Tarn department, at  of altitude.

Main tributaries
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 30 km, of the Agout are:
 Left tributaries
 Durenque - 31.5 km; it joins the Agout in Castres.
 Thoré - 61.6 km;
 Sor - 60.8 km;
 Right tributaries
 Gijou - 50.1 km;
 Dadou - 115.8 km;

Gallery

Related pages
 List of rivers of France

 References 

Other websites

 Banque Hydro - Station O4692550 - L'Agout à Lavaur (Synthèse)  
 Syndicat Mixte du Bassin de l'Agout 

Category:Rivers of Occitanie