Ganière

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Ganière
Data
Water code FR :  V5440500
location France , Occitania and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions
River system Rhône
Drain over Cèze  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Malons-et-Elze
44 ° 25 ′ 11 ″  N , 4 ° 1 ′ 46 ″  E
Source height approx.  870  m
muzzle near the hamlet of Foussignargues , in the municipality of Bessèges in the Cèze coordinates: 44 ° 16 ′ 55 ″  N , 4 ° 7 ′ 40 ″  E, 44 ° 16 ′ 55 ″  N , 4 ° 7 ′ 40 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  154  m
Height difference approx. 716 m
Bottom slope approx. 27 ‰
length 27 km

The Ganière is a river in France that runs through the Occitania and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions. It rises in the Cevennes , in the municipality of Malons-et-Elze , where its source stream changes its name several times (Valat de la Bachasside, Ruisseau de Mont Redon). The river generally drains in a south-easterly direction through a sparsely populated area in the southernmost section of the Monts d'Ardèche Regional Nature Park and flows into the Cèze as a left tributary after 27 kilometers near the hamlet of Foussignargues , in the municipality of Bessèges . On its way the Ganière crosses the departments of Gard and Ardèche .

Places on the river

  • La Playsse , municipality of Malons-et-Elze
  • Le Frontal , municipality of Malons-et-Elze
  • La Coste , Les Vans municipality
  • Murjas , Les Vans municipality
  • Gagnières

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Ganière at SANDRE (French), accessed on January 25, 2012, rounded to the nearest kilometer.