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Têt (river)

Coordinates : 42°42′48″N 3°2′23″E / 42.71333°N 3.03972°E / 42.71333; 3.03972 The Têt ( French: [ tɛt ] ⓘ ; Catalan : Tet [ ˈtɛt ] ) is the largest river in Pyrénées-Orientales ,...

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Coordinates: 42°42′48″N3°2′23″E / 42.71333°N 3.03972°E / 42.71333; 3.03972

The Têt (French:[tɛt]ⓘ; Catalan: Tet[ˈtɛt]) is the largest river in Pyrénées-Orientales, southwestern France. It is 115 kilometres (71 mi) long.[1] The Têt has its source at the foot of the Puig de la Cometa de l'Espagne in the Carlit massif in the eastern Pyrenees. It crosses the Pyrénées-Orientalesdépartement (Northern Catalonia) from West to East and ends in the Mediterranean Sea, near Perpignan (Catalan: Perpinyà).[2]

Puig de la Cometa de l'Espagne (2,763m). Below, on the right: the upper part of the Têt valley (here known as the vallée de la Grava).

A staircase of fluvial terraces of the Têt along the length of the valley has been studied in detail.[3]

Llonat sits on a well-conserved vestige of an alluvial terrace of the Têt, about 100 metres above the river. It is thought that the terrace was formed just over half a million years ago. In the distance: the Pic du Canigou.

Tributaries include

Towns along the river

The Têt valley near Olette. The village of Canaveilles is beyond, on the right. Below, left, a "yellow train" is running on the line which descends the valley.

References

  1. ↑Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Têt (Y04-0400)".
  2. ↑Topographic map on Géoportail.
  3. ↑Delmas, Magali; Calvet, Marc; Gunnell, Yanni; Voinchet, Pierre; Manel, Camille (2018). "Terrestrial 10 Be and electron spin resonance dating of fluvial terraces quantifies quaternary tectonic uplift gradients in the eastern Pyrenees". Quaternary Science Reviews. 193: 188–211.
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