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.

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**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.

## Main tributaries
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 20&nbsp;km, of the Gardon are:
* Le Gardon de Sainte-Croix - 27.9&nbsp;km
* Le Gardon de Saint-Jean - 49.4&nbsp;km
* Le Gardon d'Alès - 60.6&nbsp;km
* La Droude - 22.6&nbsp;km
* Le Bourdic - 25&nbsp;km
* L'Alzon - 23.7&nbsp;km

## Gallery

File:Gardon 20110917 02.jpg|Le Gardon viewed from Saint-Jean-du-Gard
File:Pont du Gard from river.jpg|*Pont du Gard* over the Gardon
File:Gorges du Gardon.JPG|The Gardon gorges, near Sanilhac-Sagriès
File:Gardon at Colias.JPG|The Gardon in Collias

## Related pages
* List of rivers of France

## References 
## Other websites
* Banque Hydro -  Banque Hydro - Station V7184010 - Le Gard à Sanilhac-Sagriès (Synthèse)