The Têt (; ca, Tet) is the largest

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean ...

, southwestern

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. It is long. The Têt has its source at the foot of the Pic Carlit in the

Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...

. It crosses the

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'' (

Northern Catalonia Northern Catalonia, North Catalonia, ; french: Catalogne (du) Nord ; oc, Catalonha (del) Nòrd; es, Cataluña (del) Norte) French Catalonia or Roussillon refers to the Catalan-speaking and Catalan-culture territory ceded to France by Spain t ...

) from West to East and ends in the

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, near

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

( ca, Perpinyà).

Tributaries include

* Riberole *

Carança Carança is a river in Pyrénées-Orientales, France. It flows into the Têt at Thuès-Entre-Valls Thuès-Entre-Valls (; ca, Toès i Entrevalls) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisati ...

* Mantet * Rotja * Cady *

Castellane Castellane (; Provençal: ''Castelana'') is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. With about 1,600 inhabitants, Castellane has the distinction of being the least-populated sub-prefecture of France. Its inh ...

* Lentillà * Boulès * Basse

Towns along the river

Mont-Louis Mont-Louis (; or ''el Vilar d'Ovansa'') is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Mont-Louis is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Mont-Louis-La Caban ...

(''Montlluís'') * Olette (''Oleta'') * Villefranche-de-Conflent (''Vilafranca de Conflent'') * Prades (''Prada de Conflent'') *

(''Perpinyà'') * Ille-sur-Têt (''Illa'')

References

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