Agly

Agly
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
- location	Corbières Massif
Mouth
- location	Mediterranean Sea
- coordinates	42°46′44″N 3°2′20″E
Length	80 km (50 mi)
Basin size	903 km2 (349 sq mi)
Discharge
- average	6.31 m3/s (223 cu ft/s)

The Agly River (Catalan: Aglí, Occitan: Aglin) is a river in southern France. It flows mostly to the southeast through the Plain of Roussillon, in the region of Occitanie. It ends in the Mediterranean Sea.

On its way to the Mediterranean Sea, it flows through the departments of Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales.

Geography

The Agly river is 81.7 kilometres (50.8 miles) long. Its source is on the Pass of Linas, to the northeast of the Pech de Bugarach, the highest of the Corbières mountains, departments of Aude, at an elevation of 940 metres (3,084 feet).

It then goes into the Pyrénées-Orientales by the gorges of Galamus and flows into the Mediterranean Sea south of Barcarès.

There is a dam on the Agly river, on Caramany, Pyrénées-Orientales; it was built to prevent floods and to store water.

Mouth of the Agly

Hydrology

The Agly is a very irregular small river. Its flow was observed over a period of 42 years (1967-2008) in Estagel about twenty kilometers from its mouth and after receiving the waters of its tributary Verdouble.

The discharge of the river at this location is 6.31 cubic metres (223 cubic feet) per second.

The Agly shows typical seasonal fluctuations like other small rivers in southern France. The highest levels of the river are in winter and spring, from December to May inclusive, with the highest level in February. They are followed by a rapid fall in the flow during the low water period that goes from late June to early October.

Tributaries

The Angly has 19 tributaries; the main ones are:

• Right tributaries:
  • Boulzane, 34 kilometres (21 miles)
  • Désix, 32.4 kilometres (20.1 miles)
• Left tributaries
  • Maury, 18.6 kilometres (11.6 miles)
  • Verdouble, 46.8 kilometres (29.1 miles)
  • Robou, 17.8 kilometres (11.1 miles)

Departments and towns along the river

Communes in the Pyrénées-Orientales traversed by the Agly.

• Aude : Camps-sur-l'Agly
• Pyrénées-Orientales : Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Ansignan, Caramany, Latour-de-France, Estagel, Cases-de-Pène, Espira-de-l'Agly, Rivesaltes, Claira, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, Torreilles

Landmarks

• Dam (and lake) at Caramany
• Gorges de Galamus, a narrow canyon made by the Agly river
• Roman aqueduct at Ansignan

Gallery

• 
  The dam on the Agly river, at Caramany
• 
  The lake at Caramany during a dry season
• 
  The Gorges of Galamus
• 
  The aqueduct of Ansignan

Other websites

• Station: Y0664060, Option: Synthèse Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine (in French)