[Leica] Le Midi PAW 07

[Frank Dernie]

I expect it is snow melt which causes the full flow of the Allier too, its source is in the Massif Central, though it drains a massive area overall. The Loire canal crosses the river on a bridge near where I lived and one could go to have lunch at an Auberge overlooking the bridge and the string of locks after it to the new level of the canal after Le Guétin. It is certainly novel to watch a boat cross the river on a bridge!
cheers,
Frank D.

> On 20 Feb 2017, at 10:08, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> 
> A lot of the west coast rivers in NZ south island are like that (wide), I never made it to see them when they were in full flow - I think it was during spring with the snow melts.
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I lived near the River Allier in Le Cher on and off for about 4 years in total. In summer it was a trickle through a sandy bed with sunbathers in winter it could flood up to 1km wide (according to my odometer crossing it on the raised road after the bridge at Mornay-sur-Allier).
> I read it is the only big river left in France without flow control. The confluence of the Allier and Loire is about 15km north. Locals consider the Loire to really be a tributary to the Allier rather than the way it is actually labelled, and spending time at the confluence would confirm that pov, the Loire flow is much less volume than that of the Allier, but from there to the sea it is still called the Loire.
> cheers,
> Frank D.
> 
> 
>> On 19 Feb 2017, at 18:33, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
>> 
>> We are well above it in the old part of the village, several tens of 
>> metres higher :-) As I said, this is the second time that 
>> Bize-Minervois has been flooded this year 
>> http://www.lindependant.fr/2017/01/28/a-bize-minervois-quarante-habita
>> tions-ont-pris-l-eau-dans-la-nuit,2288527.php
>> 
>> We stayed in Bize for a few months when we first arrived so know it quite well, this is what the river looks like in summer...
>> http://johnmcmaster.com/Bize/content/L3005555_large.html
>> 
>> john
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> That's pretty serious flooding, John. I hope you're above the 7 metres mark!!
>> 
>> Douglas
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr>
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>> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 10:27 AM
>> Subject: [Leica] Le Midi PAW 07
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>> 
>>> Didn't take a photo all week, realised that today so some of the 
>>> kitchen while the kettle boiled ;-)
>>> 
>>> http://johnmcmaster.com/PAW/2017/07/
>>> 
>>> The first image shows how the water level in the local river changed 
>>> on Tuesday, its level rose by over 5m in 12 hours! When I say that 
>>> the river banks are +25m apart you get an idea of how much water.... 
>>> Our area had its second inondation (heavy rain/flooding) of 2017, 
>>> l'Orbieu starts in the foothills of the Pyrenees and has many 
>>> tributaries. No flooding in our village but several others were badly flooded by la Cesse and l'Aude.
>>> https://www.facebook.com/FR3LanguedocRoussillon/photos/a.137723636898
>>> 4841.1073741845.201675693207587/1377300318978446/?type=3
>>> 
>>> C & C (on my images) welcome
>>> 
>>> john
>>> 
> 
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