Célé

The Célé is a river in southern France. It is a right tributary of the Lot river; it is the second largest tributary of the Lot, after the Truyère.

Several communes have the name of the river in their names:Bagnac-sur-Célé, Marcilhac-sur-Célé, Sauliac-sur-Célé.

Geography
The Célé 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 17.90 cubic metres per second at Orniac.

Course
The Célé starts in the Massif Central, in the "commune" of Calvinet (Cantal department), at an altitude of about .

The Célé flows to the west, in general, and passes through 2 regions, 2 departments and 26 communes:

 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
 Cantal: Calvinet, Saint-Constant, Maurs, Le Trioulou, Mourjou, Fournoulès, Cassaniouze
 Occitanie region
 Lot: Viazac, Linac, Saint-Jean-Mirabel, Bagnac-sur-Célé, Figeac, Marcilhac-sur-Célé, Lunan, Corn, Camboulit, Boussac, Brengues, Saint-Sulpice, Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie, Béduer, Cabrerets, Orniac, Sauliac-sur-Célé, Saint-Chels

Finally, it flows, as a right tributary, into the Lot river, in Bouziès, in the Lot department, at  of altitude.

Main tributaries 
The main tributaries of the Célé river are (only right tributaries because the left tributaries are small Streams):

Right tributaries:
 Ressègue - 22.4 km
 Rance - 35.9 km
 Veyre - 32.9 km
 Bervezou - 24 km
 Drauzou - 22.6 km

Related pages
 List of rivers of France

 References 

Other websites

 Banque Hydro - MEDDE, « Synthèse de la Banque Hydro - Le Célé à Orniac  

Category:Rivers of Occitanie
Category:Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes