Asse de Moriez

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Asse de Moriez
Railway viaduct at Moriez

Railway viaduct at Moriez

Data
Water code FRX1400600
location France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system Rhône
Drain over Aces  → Durance  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Moriez
43 ° 55 ′ 57 ″  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 56 ″  E
Source height approx.  995  m
muzzle in the municipality of Barrême in the Asse coordinates: 43 ° 57 ′ 36 ″  N , 6 ° 23 ′ 3 ″  E, 43 ° 57 ′ 36 ″  N , 6 ° 23 ′ 3 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  735  m
Height difference approx. 260 m
Bottom slope approx. 20 ‰
length approx. 13 km

The Asse de Moriez is a river in France that runs in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises in the southern municipality of Moriez , drains in a loop across north to west and flows after about 13 kilometers in the municipality of Barrême as a left tributary into the Asse de Clumanc , which about 200 meters further also receives the Asse de Blieux and only from there Is called aces . The neighboring state forest is therefore also called Forêt Domaniale des Trois Asses . In its lower reaches, the river is accompanied by the Nice – Digne-les-Bains railway .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

  • Moriez
  • Bouquet Haut , Moriez municipality
  • Gévaudan , Barrême parish
  • L'Esterpau , Barrême municipality

Individual evidence

  1. Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. Asse de Moriez at SANDRE (French)