Drouette

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Drouette
Maintenon Aqueduct

Maintenon Aqueduct

Data
Water code FR :  H41-0400
location France , Île-de-France and Center-Val de Loire regions
River system His
Drain over Your  → Seine  → English Channel
source in the municipality of Auffargis
48 ° 40 ′ 26 ″  N , 1 ° 55 ′ 2 ″  E
Source height approx.  173  m
muzzle at Villiers-le-Morhier in the Canal Louis XIV and thus in the Eure coordinates: 48 ° 37 '14 "  N , 1 ° 32' 55"  E 48 ° 37 '14 "  N , 1 ° 32' 55"  E
Mouth height approx.  97  m
Height difference approx. 76 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.9 ‰
length 40 km
Right tributaries Gueville , Guesle
Reservoirs flowed through Étang the la Tour
Medium-sized cities Rambouillet
Small towns Epernon

The Drouette is a river in France that runs through the Île-de-France and Center-Val de Loire regions. It has its source in the Haute-Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park , near Saint-Benoît , in the municipality of Auffargis . The river initially drains to the southwest, then turns to the northwest and after 40 kilometers flows into the Louis XIV Canal as a right tributary at Villiers-le-Morhier , as the navigable river Eure is called in this area . On its way, the Drouette crosses the Yvelines and Eure-et-Loir departments .

history

At the request of the French King Louis XIV , his famous fortress builder Vauban planned to build water from the Eure Valley via a more than 80 kilometers long water pipe to supply the water features in the palace gardens of the Palace of Versailles . The Eure, Voise and Drouette rivers were partially canalised under the name Canal Louis XIV to bring in the necessary building materials . After around five years of construction, the project was canceled for political and financial reasons, and an imposing aqueduct can still be seen in the palace gardens of Schloss Maintenon .

Places on the river

Web links

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 Drouette at SANDRE (French), accessed on July 29, 2010, rounded to the nearest kilometer.