The rivers of Southern Aveyron have, like the Tarn,
the Cernon and the Sorgues rivers a good reputation, but the
jewel is definitely the Dourbie River.
The Dourbie has its source in the Mount Aulas (1200 metres high), in the Mount
Aigoual massif. It flows trough the Atlantic side of Cévennes, digs its bed in
granite, then in schist, arrives on modern alluvial deposits, made of clay and
limestone, and receives the waters of the Durzon River (a karstic
reappearance).
Once in Nant, the Dourbie goes through the Grand
Causses’ calcareous rocks that were shaped and turned into very steep gorges
which separate the "Causse Noir" and the "Causse du
Larzac". Then, it flows into the Tarn in Millau, after a course of
seventy-kilometres.
The calcareous nature of the river makes the trouts
population high and with a good density all through the river course. The
Dourbie River is looked upon as the ultimate river for fly fishing, well-known
for the limpidity of the water that makes the trouts extremely suspicious,
especially in summertime.
For more
information, contact:
A.A.P.P.M.A.
de Nant, St Jean du Bruel, Sauclières
President:
Claude
LAURENS - Tél. 05 65 62 17 70 ou 06 21 36 29 34
Internet : aappmanantstjeansauclieres.e-monsite.com
E-mail : aappma.nsjs@free.fr
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