France

Gorges du Gardon

Floor7 m23 ft

Depth: 160 m
Rim: 183 m
Length: 47.3 km
Tonight: 9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 19 km/h NW

Gorges du Gardon is up to 160 m deep: the rim reaches 183 m and the floor 7 m, along 47.3 km.

All facts

Floor: 7 m

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Depth

Depth of Gorges du Gardon

Up to 160 m deep (typically 88 m) along the 47.3 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Gorges du Gardon 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gorges du Gardon terrain and contours

10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Gorges du Gardon elevation profile

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Weather

Gorges du Gardon weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 9°C (48°F) · Wind 19 km/h NW

Gorges du Gardon forecast for about 183 m.

Tonight9°–19 km/h NW
Today9°17°–15 km/h NW
Sun10°16°–20 km/h N
Mon10°18°–17 km/h NW
Tue10°19°–7 km/h S
Wed11°19°–26 km/h N
Thu10°17°–22 km/h N
Fri8°17°–8 km/h N
Sat10°18°–18 km/h N
Sun9°19°–24 km/h N

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Gorges du Gardon

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Gorges du Gardon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
1.4 km SSW
+2 more within 2.1 km
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Nearest campsite
Le Barralet
4.7 km ENE
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	1.4 km SSW
Parking	1.8 km NNW
Parking	2.1 km NNW
Le BarraletCampsite	4.7 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 24.2 × 24.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 94% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

93.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

5.8%

Steep, 30–45°

0.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.6% of the 586 km² view
Relief in view: 264 m low point 1 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 48.8%Cropland 18.9%Grassland 12.3%Built-up 10.1%Shrubland 8.9%Water 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 12.1 km of Gorges du Gardon.

Summit list 5

1Tourtoux202 m 4.0 km NW
2Mas de Laval201 m 4.1 km N
3Montredon191 m 4.8 km NNE
4Maruffré204 m 5.3 km NW
5Roulet189 m 5.5 km N

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 12.1 km; 2,327 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Midwife Toad401
Moorish Gecko287
False Spider Orchid140
Grey-leaved Cistus103
Spiny Toad100
Giant orchid95

Where it sits

Where Gorges du Gardon sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Gorges du Tarn105 km WNW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGGorges du Gardon satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-19.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-19)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Gorges du Gardon

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Nearest parking

Nearest campsite