Buëch
| Buëch | ||
 Upper course |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : X10-0400 | |
| location | France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur regions | |
| River system | Rhône | |
| Drain over | Durance → Rhône → Mediterranean | |
| source | in the municipality of Lus-la-Croix-Haute 44 ° 42 ′ 10 ″ N , 5 ° 48 ′ 11 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 2009 m | |
| muzzle | at Sisteron in the Durance coordinates: 44 ° 12 '6 " N , 5 ° 56' 34" E 44 ° 12 '6 " N , 5 ° 56' 34" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 470 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1539 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 18 ‰ | |
| length | 85 km | |
| Left tributaries | Petit Buëch | |
| Right tributaries | Blaisance , Céans , Méouge | |
| Small towns | Sisteron | |
The Buëch (also called Grand Buëch in the upper reaches ) is a white water river in France that runs through the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. It rises in the Maritime Alps in the Dévoluy massif , in the municipality of Lus-la-Croix-Haute , in the eastern section of the Vercors Regional Nature Park and generally drains southwards. Above Serres , the twin river Petit Buëch flows into the Grand Buëch. From here the river bears the name Buëch without any additional name and after a total of 85 kilometers it flows into the Durance as a right tributary at Sisteron . On his way he crosses the Drôme , Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence departments .
The landscape of the Buëchtal already has a Mediterranean character.
Places on the river
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on July 4, 2015, rounded to full kilometers