Guiers

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Guiers
Guiers Mort
The river at Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin

The river at Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin

Data
Water code FR :  V15-0400
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Rhône
Drain over Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
45 ° 19 ′ 37 ″  N , 5 ° 51 ′ 25 ″  E
Source height approx.  1300  m
muzzle near Saint-Didier , in the municipality of Aoste in the Rhône Coordinates: 45 ° 36 ′ 47 ″  N , 5 ° 37 ′ 19 ″  E 45 ° 36 ′ 47 ″  N , 5 ° 37 ′ 19 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  208  m
Height difference approx. 1092 m
Bottom slope approx. 22 ‰
length 50 km
Right tributaries Guiers Vif

The Guiers (in the upper reaches: Guiers Mort ) is a river in France that runs in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . Its source is located in the Chartreuse Mountains in the Chartreuse Regional Nature Park . It rises as Guiers Mort in the municipality of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse and generally drains in a north-westerly direction. At the place Entre-deux-Guiers it unites with its tributary Guiers Vif and from there changes its name to Guiers. It forms the border between the Isère and Savoie departments for a long stretch and finally flows into the Rhône as a left tributary after 50 kilometers near the town of Saint-Didier in the municipality of Aoste .

Places on the river

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.gouv.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Guiers from SANDRE (French), accessed on March 5, 2010, rounded to full kilometers.