Cheran

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Cheran
The Chéran in Lescheraines

The Chéran in Lescheraines

Data
Water code FR :  V1250500
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Rhône
Drain over Fier  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source on the municipal boundary of Verrens-Arvey and Jarsy
45 ° 40 ′ 49 ″  N , 6 ° 15 ′ 27 ″  E
Source height approx.  1990  m
muzzle below Rumilly in the Fier coordinates: 45 ° 53 ′ 11 ″  N , 5 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E 45 ° 53 ′ 11 ″  N , 5 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  320  m
Height difference approx. 1670 m
Bottom slope approx. 31 ‰
length 54 km
Small towns Rumilly
The Pont de l'Abîme across the river, below Allèves

The Pont de l'Abîme across the river, below Allèves

The Chéran (German: Seran ) is a mountain river in France that runs in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises in the Massif des Bauges , south of the Pointe de Chaurionde, on the municipal boundary of Verrens-Arvey and Jarsy , initially drains in a south-westerly direction, later in a north-westerly direction through the Massif des Bauges Regional Nature Park of the same name and flows 54 kilometers below Rumilly as the left Tributary to the Fier . On its way, the Chéran touches the Savoie and Haute-Savoie departments .

Places on the river

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Chéran at SANDRE (French), accessed on March 3, 2010, rounded to the nearest kilometer.
  3. ^ Studies on the Burgundian history of Hans Erhard Düsch - Karl Schneider - 1910