Têt (river)

Template:Infobox river The Têt ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is the largest river in Pyrénées-Orientales, southwestern France. It is Template:Convert long.<ref name=sandre>Template:Sandre</ref> 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-Orientales département (Northern Catalonia) from West to East and ends in the Mediterranean Sea, near Perpignan (Template:Langx).<ref>Topographic map on Géoportail.</ref>

File:Puig Cometa Espagne.jpg

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).

Tributaries include

• Riberole
• Carança
• Mantet
• Rotja
• Cady
• Castellane
• Lentillà
• Boulès
• Basse

Towns along the river

File:Têt valley and Canaveilles.jpg

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.

• Mont-Louis (Montlluís)
• Olette (Oleta)
• Villefranche-de-Conflent (Vilafranca de Conflent)
• Prades (Prada de Conflent)
• Perpignan (Perpinyà)
• Ille-sur-Têt (Illa)

References

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