Bès (Drôme)
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Water code | FR : V4220500 | |
location | France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region | |
River system | Rhône | |
Drain over | Drôme → Rhône → Mediterranean | |
source | in the municipal area of Glandage 44 ° 39 ′ 10 ″ N , 5 ° 38 ′ 23 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 1705 m | |
muzzle | below Châtillon-en-Diois , on the municipal border with Montmaur-en-Diois , in the Drôme Coordinates: 44 ° 40 ′ 45 ″ N , 5 ° 23 ′ 56 ″ E 44 ° 40 ′ 45 ″ N , 5 ° 23 ′ 56 " O |
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Mouth height | approx. 470 m | |
Height difference | approx. 1235 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 49 ‰ | |
length | 25 km | |
Catchment area | 278 km² | |
Right tributaries | Archian |
The Bès or Bez is a river in France that runs in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . He changed his name several times: first Ruisseau de la Vière , then Ruisseau des Gas (Gâts) and finally Bès . Its source is in the municipality of Glandage , it generally drains west to northwest in the southern border area of the Vercors Regional Nature Park and flows into the river after 25 kilometers below Châtillon-en-Diois , on the municipal border with Montmaur-en-Diois , as a right tributary Drôme .
Places on the river
Attractions
"Gorges des Gas", sometimes also: Gorges des Gâts