Aude (river)

Aude
The Aude at Carcassonne
Native name	L'Aude (French)
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Les Angles, Lac d'Aude, Massif du Carlit, Pyrénées, France
• elevation	2,136 m (7,008 ft)
Mouth
• location	Fleury/Vendres, France, Mediterranean Sea
• coordinates	43°12′45″N 3°14′25″E / 43.21250°N 3.24028°E / 43.21250; 3.24028
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	224.1 km (139.2 mi)[1]
Basin size	6,074 square kilometres (2,345 sq mi) total and 4,900 square kilometres (1,900 sq mi) above Coursan[2]
Discharge
• average	43.6 m3/s (1,540 cu ft/s) at Moussan[3]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	the Cesse, the Fresquel, the Orbiel, the Argent-Double, the Trapel, the Sou de Val de Daigne
• right	the Orbieu, the Sals, the Lauquet

The Aude (French pronunciation: [od] ^ⓘ; Occitan: [ˈawðe]; Latin Atax [ˈataks]) is a river of southern France that is 224 kilometres (139 mi) long.^[1] Its source is in the Pyrenees mountains then runs to Carcassonne and finally reaches the Mediterranean Sea near Narbonne. The river is navigable by raft or canoe for nearly all of its length. It is registered as essential to the Languedoc-Roussillon region.

The river gave its name to the Aude department.