Cérou

Cérou
Origin	near Saint-Jean-Delnous 44°03′21″N 02°28′33″E / 44.05583°N 2.47583°E / 44.05583; 2.47583
Mouth	Aveyron 44°08′21″N 01°52′32″E / 44.13917°N 1.87556°E / 44.13917; 1.87556Coordinates: 44°08′21″N 01°52′32″E / 44.13917°N 1.87556°E / 44.13917; 1.87556
Basin countries	France
Length	87.4 km (54.3 mi)
Source elevation	530 m (1,740 ft)
Mouth elevation	128 m (420 ft)
Avg. discharge	4.13 m3/s (146 cu ft/s) at mouth
Basin area	503 km2 (194 sq mi)

The Cérou (French: le Cérou) is an 87.4 km (54.3 mi) long river in the Aveyron and Tarn départements, southern France. Its source is at Saint-Jean-Delnous, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) northwest of the village. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Aveyron River into which it flows at Milhars, 1.4 km (0.87 mi) north of the village.

Départements and communes along its course

It flows generally west through the following départements and communes ordered from source to mouth:

• Aveyron: Saint-Jean-Delnous, Lédergues
• Tarn: Lédas-et-Penthiès, Lacapelle-Pinet, Padiès, Crespin, Andouque, Saint-Jean-de-Marcel, Valderiès, Rosières, Carmaux, Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux, Monestiés, Le Ségur, Salles, Saint-Marcel-Campes, Cordes-sur-Ciel, Les Cabannes, Mouzieys-Panens, Vindrac-Alayrac, Labarthe-Bleys, Marnaves, Milhars

Tributaries

Le Farruel (12.5 km), la Boutescure (15.4 km), le Céroc (17.6 km), le Candou, le Céret (28.5 km), la Zère, l'Aymer (12,2 km), le Bonnan.

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on January 27th 2009.

References

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