Bès (Drôme)

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Bès
Data
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
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
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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information on the Bès from SANDRE (French), accessed on August 6, 2011, rounded to the nearest kilometer.