Têt River

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Têt
Têt near Villefranche-de-Conflent
Origin	Pyrenees
Mouth	Mediterranean Sea 42°42′48″N 3°2′23″E / 42.71333°N 3.03972°E / 42.71333; 3.03972 (Mediterranean Sea-Têt)Coordinates: 42°42′48″N 3°2′23″E / 42.71333°N 3.03972°E / 42.71333; 3.03972 (Mediterranean Sea-Têt)
Basin countries	France
Length	116 km
Source elevation	±2,400 m
Avg. discharge	7.5 m³/s
Basin area	1,550 km²

The Têt (Catalan: Tet) is the largest river in Roussillon, southwestern France. It is 116 km long. The Têt has its source at the foot of the Pic Carlit in the Pyrenees. It crosses the Pyrénées-Orientales département (Northern Catalonia) from West to East and ends in the Mediterranean Sea, near Perpignan (Catalan: Perpinyà).

[edit] Tributaries include

• Riberole
• Carança
• Mantet
• Rotja
• Cady
• Castellane
• Lentilla
• Boulès

[edit] Towns along the river include

• Mont-Louis (Mont-Lluis)
• Olette (Oleta)
• Villefranche-de-Conflent (Vilafranca de Conflent)
• Prades (Prada de Conflent)
• Perpignan (Perpinyà)

[edit] References

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

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