Baye de Clarens

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Baye de Clarens
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Water code CH : 3899
location Canton of Vaud , Switzerland
River system Rhone
Drain over Rhone  → Mediterranean
source L'Aillaz
46 ° 29 '6 "  N , 6 ° 54' 55"  O
Source height approx.  1205  m
muzzle at Clarens in Lake Geneva Coordinates: 46 ° 26 '23 "  N , 6 ° 53' 20"  E ; CH1903:  557755  /  143 307 46 ° 26 '23 "  N , 6 ° 53' 20"  O
Mouth height 372  m
Height difference approx. 833 m
Bottom slope approx. 10%
length 8.1 km
Catchment area 14.4 km²
Discharge at the A Eo estuary gauge : 14.4 km²
MQ
Mq
 		480 l / s
33.3 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Avessan
Small towns Montreux
Communities Blonay
Viaduct of the Blonay – Chamby railway line over the Baye de Clarens

Viaduct of the Blonay – Chamby railway line over the Baye de Clarens

The Baye de Clarens is an approximately 8 km long torrent in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

The Baye de Clarens rises above the hamlet of Bains-de-l'Alliaz in the area of ​​the municipality of Blonay at an altitude of about 1205  m above sea level. M. Then it flows southward through a forested valley and receives several small streams, on the eastern slopes of Les Pléiades ( 1,360  m above sea level. M. ) and on the western slopes of Le Folly ( 1730  m above sea level. M. spring).

From here it forms the border between Blonay and Montreux . At Villard-sur-Chamby (Montreux) it takes up the approximately 3.5 kilometers long Avessan torrent and now flows in a westerly direction. Here it takes on streams that arise on the southern slope of Les Pléiades. Shortly before Blonay she makes an arc and now enters the area of ​​the city of Montreux. From now on it flows in a southerly direction until it flows into Lake Geneva a little later at ( 372  m above sea level ) at Clarens . Here it forms a small alluvial cone.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ Modeled mean annual discharge. In: Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: area outlets. Retrieved October 31, 2015 .