Banquière

Banquière
The river in Saint-André-de-la-Roche
Data
Water code	FR :  Y6520520
location	France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system	Paillon
Drain over	Paillon  → Mediterranean
source	in the municipality of Levens, 43 ° 51 ′ 45 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 50 ″  E
Source height	approx.  1000  m
muzzle	in the urban area of Nice in the Paillon coordinates: 43 ° 43 ′ 53 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 5 ″  E 43 ° 43 ′ 53 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 5 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  40  m
Height difference	approx. 960 m
Bottom slope	approx. 51 ‰
length	19 km

The Banquière is a small river in France that runs in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises under the name Ruisseau de Péloubié on the southwest flank of Mont Férion (1412 m) in the municipality of Levens , generally drains south to southeast, changes its name several times to Ruisseau de Gorge Obscure and Rio Rec , and finally reaches the urban area of Nice and flows here after 19 kilometers as a right tributary into the Paillon .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

• Sainte Claire , Levens parish
• Laval , Levens parish
• Tourrette-Levens
• Falicon
• Saint-André-de-la-Roche
• Nice

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
3. ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on August 21, 2014, rounded to full kilometers