- Mare (river)
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Mare
Bridge over the Mare River at Andabre.Origin Massif Central Mouth Orb River
43°35′29″N 3°7′21″E / 43.59139°N 3.1225°EBasin countries France Length 29.4 km Avg. discharge 4 m³/s The Mare River is a river in the Hérault département of Southern France, which rises in the Caroux-Espinouse hills.
The river's source is above Castanet-le-Haut in the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc. The river passes through Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare and Villemagne-l'Argentière, before joining the Orb River at Hérépian.
Communes traversed
The river passes through the following communes, from source to mouth:
- Castanet-le-Haut
- Rosis
- Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare
- Saint-Étienne-Estréchoux
- la Tour-sur-Orb
- Bédarieux
- Taussac-la-Billière
- Villemagne-l'Argentière
- Hérépian
References
Categories:- Rivers of France
- Hérault
- Hérault geography stubs
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