Giffre

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Giffre
The river in the Gorges des Tines gorge

The river in the Gorges des Tines gorge

Data
Water code FR :  V01-0400
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Rhône
Drain over Arve  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
origin Confluence of several source streams in the municipality of Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
46 ° 6 ′ 33 ″  N , 6 ° 51 ′ 49 ″  E
Source height approx.  1180  m
muzzle at Marignier in the Arve Coordinates: 46 ° 4 ′ 6 ″  N , 6 ° 29 ′ 22 ″  E 46 ° 4 ′ 6 ″  N , 6 ° 29 ′ 22 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  457  m
Height difference approx. 723 m
Bottom slope approx. 16 ‰
length 46 km
Left tributaries Giffre of the fund
Right tributaries Cracks
Small towns Marignier
The headwaters of the Bout du Monde

The headwaters of the Bout du Monde

The Giffre is a mountain river in France that runs in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . The headwaters are located in the border area with Switzerland , in the Bout du Monde basin , on the southwest flank of Grand Mont Ruan (3,057 m). The Giffre has its origin at the confluence of several source streams in the municipality of Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval , initially drains generally in a westerly direction, then turns abruptly to the south and flows into the Arve after 46 kilometers at Marignier as a right tributary .

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Giffre  - 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 poison from SANDRE (French), accessed on October 15, 2010, rounded to the nearest kilometer.