Agout

The Agout or Agoût () is a river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Tarn river. It flows through the Occitanie region.
Three "communes" have the name of the river in their names: La Salvetat-sur-Agout, Fraisse-sur-Agout and Vielmur-sur-Agout.
Geography.
The Agout river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of .
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Lavaur in the Tarn department.
Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Lavaur (56 years)
Course.
The source of the Agout is on the "Monts d'Espinouse", in the southern Massif Central in the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut-Languedoc ("Regional Natural Park of High Languedoc"), in the "commune" of Cambon-et-Salvergues, Hérault department, at an altitude of about .
The Agout flows, in general, to the northwest and passes through the following regions, departments and "communes":
The Agout river flows through a total of 36 "communes".
Finally, it flows, as a left tributary into the Tarn river at Saint-Sulpice, in the Tarn department, at of altitude.
Main tributaries.
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 30 km, of the Agout are: