Lèze

The Lèze is a river in southern France, a left tributary of the Ariège river. The river flows through the French departments of Ariège and Haute-Garonne.

Geography
The Lèze river has a length of  and a drainage basin with an area of approximately .

Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is  at Labarthe-sur-Lèze in the Haute-Garonne department.

Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Labarthe-sur-Lèze

Course
The Lèze river starts in the Pyrenees mountain range in the southwest of the Ariège department, in the commune of La Bastide-de-Sérou, at an elevation of about .

It flows, in general, to the north and, after , it joins the Ariège river as a left tributary, at an elevation of about  at Clermont-le-Fort.

Communes
The Lèze passes through 1 region (Occitanie), 2 departments and 20 communes; some of the communes are:

 Ariège : La Bastide-de-Sérou, Pailhès, Le Fossat, Saint-Ybars, Lézat-sur-Lèze
 Haute-Garonne : Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze, Labarthe-sur-Lèze, Beaumont-sur-Lèze, Lagardelle-sur-Lèze

Main tributaries 
The main tributary of the Lèze river is the Latou, that is  long.

Related pages
 List of rivers of France

References

Other websites
 Hauteurs d'eau et vigilance sur le bassin de la Garonne 

Category:Rivers of Occitanie