Lizonne

Lizonne
Origin	Sceau-Saint-Angel 45°29′00″N 00°40′07″E / 45.4833333°N 0.66861°E / 45.4833333; 0.66861
Mouth	Dronne 45°17′22″N 00°15′09″E / 45.28944°N 0.2525°E / 45.28944; 0.2525Coordinates: 45°17′22″N 00°15′09″E / 45.28944°N 0.2525°E / 45.28944; 0.2525
Basin countries	France
Length	60.5 km (37.6 mi)
Source elevation	200 m (660 ft)
Mouth elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Avg. discharge	5.28 m3/s (186 cu ft/s) at mouth
Basin area	640 km2 (250 sq mi)

The Lizonne (French: la Lizonne), also called Nizonne, is a 60.5 km (37.6 mi) long river in the Dordogne and Charente départements, southwestern France. Its source is near Morelière, a hamlet in Sceau-Saint-Angel. It flows generally southwest. It is a right tributary of the Dronne into which it flows between Saint-Séverin and Allemans.

Part of its course forms part of the border between the Dordogne and Charente départements.

Départements and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

• Dordogne: Sceau-Saint-Angel, Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne, Champeaux-et-la-Chapelle-Pommier, Rudeau-Ladosse, Saint-Sulpice-de-Mareuil, Puyrenier, Beaussac, Les Graulges, Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil, Combiers, La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine,
• Charente: Édon,
• Dordogne: Champagne-et-Fontaine,
• Charente: Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard, Gurat,
• Dordogne: Vendoire,
• Charente: Vaux-Lavalette, Salles-Lavalette,
• Dordogne: Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac,
• Charente: Palluaud,
• Dordogne: Bouteilles-Saint-Sébastien, Saint-Paul-Lizonne,
• Charente: Saint-Séverin,
• Dordogne: Allemans,

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 7th 2009.

References

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Lizonne at the Sandre database