Ciron
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Ciron | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Landes |
• elevation | 135 m (443 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Garonne |
• coordinates | 44°36′3″N 0°18′5″W / 44.60083°N 0.30139°W |
Length | 97 km (60 mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 3 m3/s (110 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Garonne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Ciron (French pronunciation: [siʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Siron) is a left tributary of the Garonne, in Gironde, Southwest France. It is 96.9 km (60.2 mi) long.[1]
Geography
The Ciron rises in the eastern end of the Moors of Gascony, in Landes. It flows north-west, mainly through the moors of Gironde, crosses the Sauternes vineyard and joins the Garonne at Barsac, downstream from Langon.
The moisture it brings, and morning mists it causes, are favorable to the development of Botrytis cinerea on grapes, a fungus that contributes to the high quality and renown of Sauternes wines.
Départements and towns
The Ciron flows through the following départements and towns:
- Landes (40) : Lubbon
- Lot-et-Garonne (47)
- Gironde (33) : Noaillan, Villandraut, Barsac, Cérons, Bommes
Tributaries
- (L) le Giscos, from Giscos
- (R) le Barthos,
- (L) la Gouaneyre, from Captieux
- (R) la Clède, from Lignan-de-Bazas
- (L) le Baillon, downstream from Villandraut
- (L) la Hure, from Saint-Symphorien
- (L) l'Origne from Origne and Balizac
- (L) le Tursan, from Guillos
- (L) la Mouliasse, from Landiras
N.B. : (R) = right tributary; (L) = left tributary
References
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Tributaries of the Garonne
- Pages with French IPA
- Articles containing Occitan (post 1500)-language text
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Rivers of France
- Rivers of Lot-et-Garonne
- Rivers of Landes (department)
- Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine