Briance | |
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The Briance.
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Country | France |
Basin features | |
Main source | La Croisille-sur-Briance 540 m (1,770 ft) 45°35′39″N 01°38′06″E / 45.59417°N 1.63500°E |
River mouth |
Vienne 205 m (673 ft) 45°46′54″N 01°12′15″E / 45.78167°N 1.20417°ECoordinates: 45°46′54″N 01°12′15″E / 45.78167°N 1.20417°E |
Progression | Vienne→ Loire→ Atlantic Ocean |
Basin size | 597 km2 (231 sq mi) |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 57.7 km (35.9 mi) |
Discharge |
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The Briance (French: la Briance) is a 57.7 km (35.9 mi) long river in the Haute-Vienne département, central France. Its source is at La Croisille-sur-Briance. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Vienne into which it flows between Condat-sur-Vienne and Bosmie-l'Aiguille.
This list is ordered from source to mouth: La Croisille-sur-Briance, Saint-Vitte-sur-Briance, Saint-Méard, Linards, Glanges, Saint-Bonnet-Briance, Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle, Vicq-sur-Breuilh, Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval, Pierre-Buffière, Saint-Jean-Ligoure, Boisseuil, Le Vigen, Solignac, Condat-sur-Vienne, Jourgnac, Bosmie-l'Aiguille