
This gives its name to our neighbouring département, La Dordogne, but before entering it, flows across the north of the Lot, separating a small section of the limestone causse.

The Lot, like the Dordogne, is one of the Garonne's main tributaries, and rises in the Auvergne, but much further south in the Lozère.

This little river rises in the neighbouring département, Cantal, and is one of the Lot's principal tributaries.