Tech (river)
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Pont du Diable, spanning the Tech, in Céret
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Origin | Pyrenees |
Mouth | Mediterranean Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Basin countries | France |
Length | 84 km (52 mi) |
Source elevation | ±2,500 m (8,200 ft) |
Avg. discharge | 9.6 m3/s (340 cu ft/s) |
Basin area | 750 km2 (290 sq mi) |
The Tech (French: [tɛk]; Catalan: Tec [ˈtɛk]) is a river in southern France, very close to the French-Spanish border. It runs through a valley in the Pyrénées-Orientales, in the former Roussillon, and is 84 kilometres (52 mi) long. Its source is the Parcigoule Valley, elevation 2,500 metres (8,200 ft), and it feeds the Mediterranean Sea. At Céret, the medieval Devil's bridge, once the largest bridge arch in the world, spans the river in an arc of 45 metres (148 ft) in length.
The Tech flows through the following towns: Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Arles-sur-Tech, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Céret and Le Boulou. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea between Saint-Cyprien and Argelès-sur-Mer, southeast of Perpignan.
References
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- http://www.geoportail.fr
- The Tech at the Sandre database
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