The Têt (; ca, Tet) is the largest

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 ...

Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...

, southwestern

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. It is long. The Têt has its source at the foot of the Pic Carlit in the

Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...

. It crosses the

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'' (

Northern Catalonia Northern Catalonia, North Catalonia, ; french: Catalogne (du) Nord ; oc, Catalonha (del) Nòrd; es, Cataluña (del) Norte) French Catalonia or Roussillon refers to the Catalan-speaking and Catalan-culture territory ceded to France by Spain ...

) from West to East and ends in the

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, near

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

( ca, Perpinyà).

Tributaries include

* Riberole * Carança *

Mantet Mantet ( ca, Mentet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Mantet is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades. The village of Mantet lies at an altitude of 1550 metr ...

* Rotja * Cady *

Castellane Castellane (; Provençal: ''Castelana'') is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. With about 1,600 inhabitants, Castellane has the distinction of being the least-populated sub-prefecture of France. Its in ...

* Lentillà * Boulès * Basse

Towns along the river

Mont-Louis Mont-Louis (; or ''el Vilar d'Ovansa'') is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Mont-Louis is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Mont-Louis-La Cab ...

(''Montlluís'') *

Olette Olette (; ca, Oleta i Èvol) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Olette is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Olette-Canaveilles-les-Bains s ...

(''Oleta'') *

Villefranche-de-Conflent Villefranche-de-Conflent (; ca, Vilafranca de Conflent) is historically a town in the Conflent region of Catalonia, and now a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Villefranche-de-Conflent is located in ...

(''Vilafranca de Conflent'') * Prades (''Prada de Conflent'') *

(''Perpinyà'') *

Ille-sur-Têt Ille-sur-Têt (; Catalan: ''Illa'' or ''Illa de Tet'') is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Illois''. Geography The commune is situated in the Ribéral region along the route n ...

(''Illa'')

References

Rivers of France 0Tet Rivers of Pyrénées-Orientales Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) {{France-river-stub