Lizonne

River in France

45°29′00″N 00°40′07″E / 45.48333°N 0.66861°E / 45.48333; 0.66861 • elevation200 m (660 ft) Mouth

• location

Dronne

• coordinates

45°17′22″N 00°15′09″E / 45.28944°N 0.25250°E / 45.28944; 0.25250

• elevation

48 m (157 ft)Length60.5 km (37.6 mi)Basin size640 km² (250 sq mi)Discharge • average5.28 m³/s (186 cu ft/s) Basin featuresProgressionDronne→ Isle→ Dordogne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean

The Lizonne (French pronunciation: [lizɔn]), also called the Nizonne,^{[citation needed]} is a 60.5 km (37.6 mi) long river in the Dordogne and Charente departments in southwestern France.^[1] Its source is near Morelière, a hamlet in Sceau-Saint-Angel. It flows generally southwest. It is a right tributary of the Dronne, into which it flows between Saint-Séverin and Allemans.

Part of its course forms part of the border between the Dordogne and Charente departments.

Departments and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

Dordogne: Sceau-Saint-Angel, Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne, Champeaux-et-la-Chapelle-Pommier, Rudeau-Ladosse, Saint-Sulpice-de-Mareuil, Puyrenier, Beaussac, Les Graulges, Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil, Combiers, La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine,
Charente: Édon,
Dordogne: Champagne-et-Fontaine,
Charente: Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard, Gurat,
Dordogne: Vendoire,
Charente: Vaux-Lavalette, Salles-Lavalette,
Dordogne: Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac,
Charente: Palluaud,
Dordogne: Bouteilles-Saint-Sébastien, Saint-Paul-Lizonne,
Charente: Saint-Séverin,
Dordogne: Allemans,

References

^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Lizonne (P72-0400)".

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