- Vézère
Infobox River | river_name = Vézère
caption =
origin =Plateau de Millevaches
mouth = Dordogne
coord|44|52|53|N|0|53|26|E|name=Dordogne-Vézère|display=inline,title
basin_countries =France
length = 211 km
elevation = 970 m
discharge = 50 m³/s
watershed = 3,708 km²Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
State Party = FRA
Type = Cultural
Criteria = i, iii
ID = 85
Region = Europe and North America
Year = 1979
Session = 3rd
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/85The Vézère is a 211 km longriver in south-westernFrance , right tributary of theDordogne River . Its source is in the north-westernMassif Central . It flows south-west through the following "départements" and cities:*
Corrèze :Pérols-sur-Vézère ,Bugeat ,Uzerche ,Vigeois ,Brive-la-Gaillarde
*Dordogne : Montignac,Terrasson-Lavilledieu ,Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil ,Le Bugue It flows into the Dordogne near
Le Bugue . A tributary of the Vézère is theCorrèze River .The Vézère Valley is famed for its cave systems, containing numerous cave paintings and hominid remains.
UNESCO collectively designated these aWorld Heritage Site in 1979. Among the sites included isLascaux .References
*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/P---0100.php?cg=P---0100 The Vézère at the Sandre database]External links
* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/85 World Heritage profile]
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