- Bandiat
Infobox River | river_name = Bandiat
caption =
origin =Haute-Vienne
mouth =Tardoire
coord|45|46|41|N|0|20|21|E|name=Tardoire-Bandiat|display=inline,title
basin_countries =France
length = 91.2 km
elevation = 440 m
discharge = 0.6 - 6.0 m3/s
watershed = The Bandiat is a smallriver that is 91 km long, a left tributary of theTardoire . It flows through theHaute-Vienne ,Dordogne andCharente departments in France.Geography
The Bandiat begins its course just south of the
Puy Chauvet (488 m), at roughly 440 m above sea level, near the settlement of Grand Puyconnieux (commune ofDournazac ) in the Haute-Vienne department. The river flows first to the southwest and then turns northwest in the Dordogne and, at high water level, empties into theTardoire (Charente River basin) nearAgris in the Charente. Otherwise, the river disappears near Les Vieilles Vaures (commune ofAgris ) about 5 km before reaching the Tardoire. All the water drains away in severalsinkhole s in the karst only to reappear nearAngoulême as springs of the riverTouvre , a tributary of the Charente.Hydrology
The discharge of the Bandiat was measured near Feuillade as 0.6 m³/s in the summer and 6 m³/s in the winter.
Communes by the river
*
Abjat-sur-Bandiat
*Nontron
*Javerlhac
*Feuillade
*Marthon
*Saint-Germain-de-Montbron
*Chazelles
*Pranzac Gallery
Flood in winter at the mill of JaverlhacDrought in august, the mill is on the right
karst ofLa Rochefoucauld References
*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/R11-0400.php?cg=R11-0400 The Bandiat at the Sandre database]
* [http://info.eau-poitou-charentes.org/commune.php?idC=16003 Information about the river in Poitou-Charentes]
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