Vézère

Vézère
Origin	Plateau de Millevaches
Mouth	Dordogne 44°52′53″N 0°53′26″E / 44.88139°N 0.89056°E / 44.88139; 0.89056 (Dordogne-Vézère)Coordinates: 44°52′53″N 0°53′26″E / 44.88139°N 0.89056°E / 44.88139; 0.89056 (Dordogne-Vézère)
Basin countries	France
Length	211 km
Source elevation	970 m
Avg. discharge	50 m³/s
Basin area	3,708 km²

Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party	France
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iii
Reference	85
Region**	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1979  (3rd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. ** Region as classified by UNESCO.

The Vézère is a 211 km long river in south-western France, right tributary of the Dordogne River. Its source is in the north-western Massif Central. It flows south-west through the following départements and cities:

• Corrèze: Pérols-sur-Vézère, Bugeat, Uzerche, Vigeois, Brive-la-Gaillarde
• Dordogne: Montignac, Terrasson-Lavilledieu, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Le Bugue

It flows into the Dordogne near Le Bugue. A tributary of the Vézère is the Corrèze River.

The Vézère Valley is famed for its cave systems, containing numerous cave paintings and hominid remains. UNESCO collectively designated these a World Heritage Site in 1979. Among the sites included is Lascaux.

References

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Vézère

• World Heritage profile

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