River
Agout
194 km from source to mouth · France.
FranceFlows into Tarn
In numbers
Length
194km
Average flow
55m³/s
Basin
3,497km²
Drop
631m
from 737 m to 106 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
194 km of river and 20 stops on the way: 14 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmCambon-et-Salverguesat 737 m
- 1 kmLac du Laouzas2.0 km²
- 11 kmLa Salvetat-sur-Agout1,270 people
- 24 kmLac de la Raviège3.2 km²
- 40 kmBrassac1,431 people
- 64 kmLacrouzette1,814 people
- 72 kmRoquecourbe2,310 people
- 79 kmBurlats1,938 people
- 90 kmCastres47,275 people
- 100 kmSaïx3,509 people
- 109 kmSémalens2,020 people
- 114 kmPont Antoinette
- 116 kmVielmur-sur-Agout1,112 people
- 134 kmSaint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux1,015 people
- 157 kmLabastide-Saint-Georges1,312 people
- 159 kmLavaur10,965 people
- 159 kmPont de Lavaur
- 159 kmViaduc de Lavaur
- 176 kmDadoutributary
- 182 kmGiroussens1,089 people
- 192 kmSaint-Sulpice-la-Pointe6,714 people
- 194 kmTarnat 106 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
Tributary of the Tarn in France
At the mouth it carries 55 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 45 seconds. It drops from 737 m to 106 m, 3.3 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 3,497 km², about the size of CV. 210,000 people live in it. Highest water: from December to February. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (11% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- CastresLargest city on its banks · 47,275 people
- Castres Mazamet Airport (DCM)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 7 km from the cityCar hire at CCF airport (Carcassonne)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water9 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to OctoberThe best months to visit
Agout, month by month
Highest water: from December to February
Best months to visit: from June to October.
From about 13 m³/s in the lowest month to 83 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Agout: the basin in numbers
3,501 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 210,000people live in the basin
- 60/km²people per km²
- 473maverage altitude of the basin
- 801mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 11.8°Caverage air temperature
- 43%protected areas
- 0.3%covered by lakes
- 0.2km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 45% Forest
- 36% Cropland
- 12% Pasture
- 3% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Agout: what you find on the way
- 22Weirs
- 3WaterfallsLe Sidobre - Cascade du Saut de la Truite, Cascade du Paradis
- 7Boat rampsRampe de mise à l'eau and 6 more
- 1MarinasPort de Plaisance
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Agout in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
2lakes on its wayLakeyas
24mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (2)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Lac du Laouzaskm 1 · 40 m deep2.0km²
- Lac de la Raviègekm 183.2km²
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Mountains at the source (24)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Mont Caroux6.8 km away1,091m
- Merdelou12 km away1,110m
- Montagne de Marcou7.6 km away1,093m
- Sommet de l'Espinouse0.4 km away
- Montagne de Rosis5.2 km away
- Plo des Brus3.3 km away
- Montagne d'Aret3.7 km away
- Plo de la Mole3.6 km away
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From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Agout in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
TarnFrance380 km140 m³/sTributaries (8)
Also: Dadou, Thoré, Sor, Gijou, Vèbre, Durenque, ruisseau d'Assou, ruisseau de Bagas
Nearby
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Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q395784) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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