The Blâme (french: le Blâme), is a
short river in the
region
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of
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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in
France
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, a left tributary of the
Auvézère
The Auvézère (; Occitan dialect: ''Auvesera'') is a 112 km long river in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It is a tributary of the river Isle, which is itself a tributary of the Dordogne.
Geography
The river begins at above sea lev ...
. It is long. It flows entirely within the
department
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of
Dordogne
Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named af ...
.
Geography
The Blâme is a left
tributary
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of the
Auvézère
The Auvézère (; Occitan dialect: ''Auvesera'') is a 112 km long river in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It is a tributary of the river Isle, which is itself a tributary of the Dordogne.
Geography
The river begins at above sea lev ...
river.
[ It empties into the Auvézère slightly east of the commune of ]La Boissière-d'Ans
La Boissière-d'Ans (Occitan language: ''La Boissiera d'Ans'') is a former commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Cubjac-Auvézère-Val d'Ans.spring
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''Puits de Bontemps'', 1.5 km south of Brouchaud.
The Blâme has one tributary, the small river Soue (also called ''Lassoue'').[ The two rivers join at the village of Brouchaud.
]
See also
* List of rivers of France
References
External links
The Dordogne equipment side (glossary)
: see the article ''Artesian source'', illustrated by a view of the Puits de Bontemps, available only in French
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Rivers of France
Rivers of Dordogne
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine