Suzon
The Suzon at Vantoux, looking south towards Dijon
Course of the Suzon
Location
CountryFrance
Physical characteristics
SourceFontaine Merle
 • locationTrouhaut
 • coordinates47°22′41″N 4°46′39″E / 47.37806°N 4.77750°E / 47.37806; 4.77750 (Trouhaut)
 • elevation555 m (1,821 ft)
MouthOuche
 • location
Longvic
 • coordinates
47°17′11″N 5°5′00″E / 47.28639°N 5.08333°E / 47.28639; 5.08333 (Longvic)
 • elevation
222 m (728 ft)
Length40.8 km (25.4 mi)
Basin size150 km2 (58 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationAhuy
 • average0.619 m3/s (21.9 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionOucheSaôneRhôneMediterranean Sea


The Suzon is a 40.8-kilometre-long (25.4 mi) river in Côte-d'Or in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France. It is a tributary of the Ouche, and a sub-tributary of the Rhône, by the Saône.

The river runs underground for about 4 km (2.5 mi), as it traverses the city of Dijon.

Geography edit

The source of the Suzon river is located at Merle Fountain,[1] between the communes of Panges and Trouhaut, in France's Côte-d'Or department. Within the Val-Suzon Natural Reserve [fr], the Suzon receives the waters of the Ru Blanc, a small stream that's only 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) long.[2]

 
The Clairvaux Cellar (or Cellier de Clairvaux), located on Suzon Alley in Dijon

When the river still flowed above-ground through Dijon, it passed by the Clairvaux Cellar [fr][3] and north-south, along the east wall of the ancient Roman Castrum, at the heart of city.[4]


Hydrology edit

Average flow rate edit

Mean monthly discharge (in m3/s)
Hydrological station : Ahuy (1990-2002)

The bed of the Suzon river becomes completely dry during the summer months.[5][6]

Numerous studies have taken samples of the small crustacean Gammarus pulex in the Suzon and its tributary springs.

Other Sources edit

  • About the Area The Painters Mazuy and Claudot.
  • Historical Epidemics Cartography Generated by Spatial Analysis: Mapping the Heterogeneity of Three Medieval "Plagues" in Dijon Pierre Galanaud, Anne Galanaud, Patrick Giraudoux. Published: December 1, 2015.
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  • "Où a été prise cette photo ?". Le Bien Public (in French). Dijon. August 21, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  • "Will Dijon perish by the Suzon?". Geocaching. Groundspeak, Inc. November 30, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  • "Le Suzon". Quartier de la Maladière et Église du Sacré Coeur (in French). free.fr. November 16, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  • "Dijon périra par le Suzon". Bourgogne Marche nordique (in French). CanalBlog.com. July 9, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  • "Conférence "Dijon ne périra pas par le Suzon, le Suzon ne périra pas par Dijon"". alterrebourgognefranchecomte.org (in French). Alterre Bourgogne Franche-Comté. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  • Amiotte Suchet, Philippe; Le Moine, Yvon (2017). Histoires d'eau en Côte d'Or (PDF) (in French). Dijon: Congrès APBG.
  • Mure-Ravaud, Mathieu; Binet, Guillaume; Bracq, Michael; Perarnaud, Jean-Jacques; Fradin, Antonin; Litrico, Xavier (October 2016). "A web based tool for operational real-time flood forecasting using data assimilation to update hydraulic states". Environmental Modelling & Software. 84: 35–49. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.06.002. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

References edit

  1. ^ Suzon (U1320900) on SANDRE, Government of France.
  2. ^ Ru Blanc (U1321000) on SANDRE, Government of France.
  3. ^ "Dijon : le Val(eureux) Suzon". Le Bien Public (in French). Dijon. July 11, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "DIVIO or DIBIO (Dijon) Câte-d'Or, France." The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites. Stillwell, Richard. MacDonald, William L. McAlister, Marian Holland. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1976.
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