Gardon d'Alès

The Gardon d'Alès is a river in southeastern France, in the Lozère and Gard departments in the Occitanie region. It is a left tributary of the Gardon river.

Geography
The Gardon d'Alès river has a length of  and a drainage basin with an area of .

Course
The Gardon d'Alès starts in the commune of Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue, Lozère department in the Cévennes National Park, at an altitude of about . From here, the river flows in general to the southeast.

The Gardon d'Alès joins the Gardon d'Anduze (the name of the upper Gardon or Gard river) between the communes Cassagnoles and Vézénobres. to the south of Alès, at an altitude of about .

The Gardon d'Alès flows through the Lozère and Gard departments, in the Occitanie region, and a total of 17 communes, 12 in the Gard department and 5 in the Lozère department:

 Occitanie region
 Lozère: Le Collet-de-Dèze, Saint-Hilaire-de-Lavit, Saint-Julien-des-Points, Saint-Michel-de-Dèze, Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue
 Gard: Alès, Branoux-les-Taillades, Cendras, La Grand-Combe, Laval-Pradel, Ribaute-les-Tavernes, Saint-Christol-lès-Alès, Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas, Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues, Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge, Les Salles-du-Gardon, Vézénobrest

Main tributaries
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 20 km, of the Gardon d'Alès are the L'Avène, a left tributary  long; and the Le Galeizon, a right tributary  long.

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Related pages
 List of rivers of France

 References 

Category:Rivers of Occitanie