Têt (river)
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Têt near Villefranche-de-Conflent
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| Native name | La Têt |
| Origin | Pyrenees |
| Mouth | Mediterranean Sea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Basin countries | France |
| Length | 116 km (72 mi) |
| Source elevation | ±2,400 m (7,900 ft) |
| Avg. discharge | 7.5 m3/s (260 cu ft/s) |
| Basin area | 1,550 km2 (600 sq mi) |
The Têt (Catalan: Tet) is the largest river in Roussillon, southwestern France. It is 116 kilometres (72 mi) 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).
Tributaries include
Towns along the river include
- Mont-Louis (Mont-Lluis)
- Olette (Oleta)
- Villefranche-de-Conflent (Vilafranca de Conflent)
- Prades (Prada de Conflent)
- Perpignan (Perpinyà)
- Ille-sur-Tet
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