Lizonne

Lizonne
The Lizonne between Combiers (left) and La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine (right)
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Sceau-Saint-Angel
• coordinates	45°29′00″N 00°40′07″E
• elevation	200 m (660 ft)
Mouth
• location	Dronne
• coordinates	45°17′22″N 00°15′09″E
• elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Length	60.5 km (37.6 mi)
Basin size	640 km2 (250 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	5.28 m3/s (186 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Dronne→ Isle→ Dordogne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean

The Lizonne (Template:Lang-fr), also called the Nizonne, is a 60.5 km (37.6 mi) long river in the Dordogne and Charente departments in southwestern France. 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,

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 7th 2009.

References

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Lizonne at the Sandre database