Petite Creuse

Petite Creuse
Origin	In Treignat
Mouth	Creuse
Progression	Creuse→ Vienne→ Loire→ Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries	France
Length	95.2 km (59.2 mi)
Source elevation	490 m (1,610 ft)
Mouth elevation	202 m (663 ft)
Avg. discharge	8.75 m3/s (309 cu ft/s) at mouth
Basin area	850 km2 (330 sq mi)

The Petite Creuse (French: la Petite Creuse, the small Creuse) is a 95.2 km (59.2 mi) long river in Allier and Creuse départements, in central France. Its source is at Treignat, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) southeast of the village. It is a left tributary of the Creuse River into which it flows at Fresselines. The river is dammed at several locations creating valley lakes that are extensively used for recreation such as fishing, boating and swimming. The dams are used to generate electricity and to provide water treatment plants providing drinking water to local communities.

Départements and communes along its course

This list ist ordered from source to mouth:

• Allier: Treignat
• Creuse: Soumans, Lavaufranche, Leyrat, Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc, Boussac-Bourg, Boussac, Malleret-Boussac, Clugnat, Bétête, Saint-Dizier-les-Domaines, Genouillac, Moutier-Malcard, Bonnat, Malval, Linard, Chéniers, Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre, Chambon-Sainte-Croix, Nouzerolles, Fresselines

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on January 24, 2009.

References

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