Les gorges de la Cèze près de Montclus (Gard)

The Cèze (; oc, Céser) is a

karstic Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant ro ...

French

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, a right tributary of the

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

. It runs through the departments of

Lozère Lozère (; oc, Losera ) is a landlocked department in the region of Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the east by Ardèche, to the south by Gard, to the west by Aveyron, ...

and Gard in the Occitanie

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. It is long, and its basin area is . Its source is in the

Cévennes The Cévennes ( , ; oc, Cevenas) is a cultural region and range of mountains in south-central France, on the south-east edge of the Massif Central. It covers parts of the ''départements'' of Ardèche, Gard, Hérault and Lozère. Rich in geogra ...

mountains, near

Saint-André-Capcèze Saint-André-Capcèze (; oc, Sent Andrieu de Cap a Cèse) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. See also *Communes of the Lozère department The following is a list of the 152 communes of the Lozère department of France ...

. It flows through

Bessèges Bessèges (; oc, Besseja) is a commune in the Gard department in France. It is situated on the river Cèze. History Historically Bessèges was a hamlet of Robiac. Its importance began with the opening of a coal mine in 1809, followed by an ...

, Saint-Ambroix, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, and it flows into the Rhône at

Codolet Codolet () is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of France. The communes cooperate in the following interc ...

, southwest of

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. Its longest tributaries are the Luech, Auzon, Tave, Ganière and Aiguillon. In the dry season, the Cèze sometimes dries up.

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Gard Rivers of Lozère Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) {{France-river-stub