Bresque

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Bresque
The river in Entrecasteaux

The river in Entrecasteaux

Data
Water code FR :  Y5110500
location France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system Argens
Drain over Argens  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Fox-Amphoux,
43 ° 37 ′ 11 ″  N , 6 ° 4 ′ 29 ″  E
Source height approx.  463  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Entrecasteaux and Le Thoronet in the Argens Coordinates: 43 ° 28 '52 "  N , 6 ° 14' 3"  E, 43 ° 28 '52 "  N , 6 ° 14' 3"  E
Mouth height approx.  106  m
Height difference approx. 357 m
Bottom slope approx. 10 ‰
length 35 km
Left tributaries Vallon de l'Oure
Right tributaries Vallon des Rocas

The Bresque is a river in southeastern France that runs in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises in the municipal area of Fox-Amphoux , drains generally in a south-easterly direction, crosses a southern branch of the Verdon Regional Nature Park at Sillans-la-Cascade and flows into the Argens after 35 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Entrecasteaux and Le Thoronet as a left tributary .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Attractions

waterfall
  • Waterfall at Sillans-la-Cascade with a height of 44 meters
  • Pont du Gourgaret , old bridge over the river at Salernes - Monument historique

Web links

Commons : Bresque  - 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 February 25, 2014, rounded to full kilometers
  4. ↑ Travel report to the Cascade de Sillans (German)
  5. ^ Pont du Gourgaret in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)