Gardon

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.

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

Related pages
 List of rivers of France

 References 

Other websites

 Banque Hydro -  Banque Hydro - Station V7184010 - Le Gard à Sanilhac-Sagriès (Synthèse)  

Category:Rivers of Occitanie