Tech (river)
{{Infobox river
| name = Tech
| image = Pont du Diable - Céret.JPG
| image_caption = Pont du Diable, spanning the Tech, in Céret
| pushpin_map = France#France Occitanie
| source1_location = Pyrenees
| mouth_location = Mediterranean Sea
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|42|35|24|N|3|2|43|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = France
| length = {{convert|84.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| source1_elevation = ±{{convert|2500|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|9.6|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size = {{convert|750|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}
}}
The Tech ({{IPA|fr|tɛk|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-Tech.wav}}; {{langx|ca|Tec}} {{IPA|ca|ˈtɛk|}}) is a river in southern France, very close to the French-Spanish border. It runs through a valley in the Pyrénées-Orientales, in the former Roussillon, and is {{convert|84.5|km|mi}} long.{{sandre|id=Y02-0400|nom=Le Tech}} Its source is the Parcigoule Valley, elevation {{convert|2500|m|ft}}, and it feeds the Mediterranean Sea. At Céret, the medieval Devil's bridge, once the largest bridge arch in the world, spans the river in an arc of {{convert|45|m|ft}} in length.
Geography
The Tech flows through 25 different towns, from its source to the sea: Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Serralongue, Le Tech, Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans, Montferrer, Corsavy, Arles-sur-Tech, Montbolo, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Reynès, Céret, Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts, Maureillas-las-Illas, Le Boulou, Tresserre, Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines, Montesquieu-des-Albères, Banyuls-dels-Aspres, Villelongue-dels-Monts, Brouilla, Ortaffa, Palau-del-Vidre, Elne and Argelès-sur-Mer. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea between Saint-Cyprien and Argelès-sur-Mer, southeast of Perpignan.
In culture
;Poetry
- {{in lang|fr}} Ode au Tech [Ode to the Tech] (1912), a poem by the writer Marc Anfossi.{{in lang|fr}} Fabricio Cardenas, [http://vieuxpapierspo.blogspot.fr/2015/05/ode-au-tech-en-1912.html Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Ode au Tech en 1912], 29 May 2015
References
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External links
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- {{cite web | last = Cotrim da Cunha | first = Leticia, Léon Serve, François Gadel and Jean-Louis Blazi | title = Lignin-derived phenolic compounds as indicators of the nature of particulate organic matter in a Mediterranean river, the Tech | publisher = 2nd International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry | date = September 1998 | url = http://ecsoc2.hcc.ru/ecsoc-2/dp275/dp275.htm | accessdate = 2007-01-27 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929161523/http://ecsoc2.hcc.ru/ecsoc-2/dp275/dp275.htm | archivedate = 2007-09-29 }}
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Category:Rivers of Pyrénées-Orientales
Category:Rivers of Occitania (administrative region)
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