Cérou | |
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Country | France |
Basin features | |
Main source | near Saint-Jean-Delnous 530 m (1,740 ft) 44°03′21″N 02°28′33″E / 44.05583°N 2.47583°E |
River mouth |
Aveyron 128 m (420 ft) 44°08′21″N 01°52′32″E / 44.13917°N 1.87556°ECoordinates: 44°08′21″N 01°52′32″E / 44.13917°N 1.87556°E |
Progression | Aveyron→ Tarn→ Garonne→ Atlantic Ocean |
Basin size | 503 km2 (194 sq mi) |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 87.4 km (54.3 mi) |
Discharge |
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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.
It flows generally west through the following départements and communes ordered from source to mouth:
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.