Oudon (river)

Oudon
Sunset on Le Lion-d'Angers
Origin	La Gravelle 48°04′12″N 01°00′30″W / 48.07°N 1.00833°W / 48.07; -1.00833
Mouth	Mayenne 47°36′59″N 00°41′41″E / 47.61639°N 0.69472°E / 47.61639; 0.69472Coordinates: 47°36′59″N 00°41′41″E / 47.61639°N 0.69472°E / 47.61639; 0.69472
Basin countries	France
Length	103.2 km (64.1 mi)
Source elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Mouth elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Avg. discharge	9.04 m3/s (319 cu ft/s) at mouth
Basin area	1,350 km2 (520 sq mi)

The Oudon is a 103.2 km (64.1 mi) long river in the Mayenne and Maine-et-Loire départements, western France. Its source is near La Gravelle. It flows generally south east. It is a right tributary of the Mayenne into which it flows between Le Lion-d'Angers and Grez-Neuville.

Its main tributary is the Verzée.

Départements and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

• Mayenne: La Gravelle, Saint-Cyr-le-Gravelais, Ruillé-le-Gravelais, Montjean, Beaulieu-sur-Oudon, Méral, Cossé-le-Vivien, La Chapelle-Craonnaise, Athée, Livré-la-Touche, Craon, Bouchamps-lès-Craon, Chérancé
• Maine-et-Loire: Châtelais, L'Hôtellerie-de-Flée, Nyoiseau, Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné, Segré, La Chapelle-sur-Oudon, Andigné, Louvaines, Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Montreuil-sur-Maine, Le Lion-d'Angers and Grez-Neuville

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 12th 2009.

References

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