The Touch (; oc, Toish) is a long

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in southwestern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

left tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage b ...

of the

Garonne The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – a ...

. Its source is in the ''

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'' of

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's ...

, near

Lilhac Lilhac () is a commune in the Haute Garonne department in southwestern France. Population Local inhabitants are called ''Lilhacais''. Geography Lilhac lies roughly 65 km southwest from Toulouse. Its altitude at the highest point is 380 ...

. It flows through the following ''départements'' and towns: *Haute-Garonne: Bérat, Lherm,

Plaisance-du-Touch Plaisance-du-Touch (, literally ''Plaisance of the Touch''; oc, Plasença de Toish, Gascon: ''Plasença deu Toish'') is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department, southwestern France. It has a fine church with a notable organ by the Toulouse bu ...

Tournefeuille Tournefeuille (; Languedocien: ''Tornafuèlha'') is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, and is adjacent to it on the west side. It is a member of the Toulo ...

Blagnac Blagnac (; oc, Blanhac) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. The city hosts the aviation museum Aeroscopia. It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, although governed by a separate council, and is ...

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

. It flows into the river

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History and real-time water heights of the Touch river, a Garonne river tributary
Rivers of France Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) Rivers of Haute-Garonne {{France-river-stub