Dordogne (river)

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (July 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Dordogne (cours d'eau)]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Dordogne (cours d'eau)}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Dordogne" river – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Dordogne
The Dordogne in Périgord, near Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
Location of the Dordogne in France
Native name	La Dordogne (French)
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Massif Central
• elevation	1,720 m (5,640 ft)
Mouth
• location	Gironde estuary
• coordinates	45°2′29″N 0°36′24″W / 45.04139°N 0.60667°W / 45.04139; -0.60667
Length	483 km (300 mi)
Basin size	23,870 km2 (9,220 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	450 m3/s (16,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean

The Dordogne (French pronunciation: [dɔʁdɔɲ] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Dordonha) is a river in south-central and southwest France. It is 483.1 km (300.2 mi) long.^[1] The Dordogne and its watershed were designated Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO on 11 July 2012.^[2]