Beauronne (Les Lèches)

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Beauronne
Origin Dordogne
Length 15 km
Mouth elevation Isle
Basin area Dordogne

Beauronne is a French stream in the Dordogne department. It is a watershed of the Isle.

The origin of the name contracted from bebros or beber which designated the beaver and the onna which represented the course of the water[1], it is of Celtic origin. Bebro(n)na literally means the river of the beavers.

[edit] Geography

The river is sourced in the commune of Église-Neuve-d'Issac, it runs through Les Lèches and empties into the Isle west of Mussidan.

There are other rivers and streams with the same name that empties intoi the Isle in Dordogne:

[edit] References

  1. ^ * la lingua celtica (The Franco-Celtic Vocabulary)

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