Ardière

Ardière Ardières
The river in the source area
Data
Water code	FR :  U4500500
location	France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system	Rhône
Drain over	Saône  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source	on the municipal boundary of Les Ardillats and Chénelette 46 ° 11 ′ 38 ″  N , 4 ° 29 ′ 14 ″  E
Source height	approx.  844  m
muzzle	in the municipality of Taponas in the Saône Coordinates: 46 ° 6 ′ 31 ″  N , 4 ° 46 ′ 7 ″  E 46 ° 6 ′ 31 ″  N , 4 ° 46 ′ 7 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  167  m
Height difference	approx. 677 m
Bottom slope	approx. 23 ‰
length	30 km
Catchment area	approx. 153 km²
Small towns	Belleville

The Ardière (often also spelled Ardières ) is a river in France that runs in the Rhône department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises on the municipal boundary of Les Ardillats and Chénelette , generally drains south-east to east and, after 30 kilometers, flows into the Saône as a right tributary in the municipality of Taponas .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

• Les Chières , municipality of Les Ardillats
• Les Dépôts , municipality of Saint-Didier-sur-Beaujeu
• Beaujeu
• Cercié
• Saint-Jean-d'Ardières
• Belleville

Web links

Commons : Ardière  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
3. ↑ ^{a b} Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on December 1, 2016, rounded to full kilometers