Tarn (river)

The **Tarn** is a river in southern France, tributary of the Garonne river. The Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne departments are named after this river.

## Geography
The Tarn 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 Moissac, near the confluence with the Garonne, in the Tarn-et-Garonne department for a period of 57 years.

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**Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Moissac**

### Course
The source of the Tarn is on the Mont Lozère, in the Cévennes, southeastern Massif Central, in the *commune* of Le Pont-de-Montvert, Lozère department, at an altitude of about .

The Tarn flows to the southwest, in general, and passes through the following regions, departments and *communes*:

* Occitanie region
** Lozère: Le Pont-de-Montvert, Sainte-Enimie
** Aveyron: Millau, Saint-Rome-de-Tarn
** Tarn: Albi, Gaillac, Lisle-sur-Tarn, Rabastens, Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe
** Haute-Garonne: Bessières, Buzet-sur-Tarn, Villemur-sur-Tarn
** Tarn-et-Garonne: Montauban, Lafrançaise, Moissac

The Tarn river flows through a total of 104 *communes*.

## Main tributaries
 of Tarn and Garonne rivers near Boudou]]
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 25&nbsp;km, of the Tarn are:

**Left tributaries**:
* Tarnon - 
* Jonte - 
* Dourbie - 
* Cernon - 
* Dourdou de Camarès - 
* Rance - 
* Agout - 

**Right tributaries**:
* Muze - 
* Alrance - 
* Tescou - 
* Aveyron - 
* Lemboulas - 

## Gallery

File:Tarn River (France).jpg|The Tarn near Cocurès, Lozère
File:Gorges du Tarn view.jpg|The Gorges of the Tarn river
File:Albi castelviel pont vieux.jpg|The Tarn at Albi
File:Ambialet vue2.JPG|The Tarn at Ambialet
File:FR-82-Montauban10.JPG|*Pont Vieux*, Montauban

## Related pages
* List of rivers of France

## References 
## Other websites
*  Banque Hydro -  Banque Hydro - Station O5901010 - Le Tarn à Moissac (Synthèse) 
*  Die Cevennen: Der Fluss Tarn und die Gorges du Tarn
* Office of Tourisme Gorges du Tarn - Grand Causses - Lozère 
* River Tarn (and the Tarn ‘Ring’)