Hyère (Leysse)

Hyère Hyères
Estuary into the Leysse
Data
Water code	FR :  V1310640
location	France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system	Rhône
Drain over	Leysse  → Lac du Bourget  → Canal de Savières  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source	in the municipality of Corbel 45 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  N , 5 ° 48 ′ 58 ″  E
Source height	approx.  940  m
muzzle	in the urban area of Chambéry in the Leysse coordinates: 45 ° 35 ′ 3 ″  N , 5 ° 54 ′ 23 ″  E 45 ° 35 ′ 3 ″  N , 5 ° 54 ′ 23 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  260  m
Height difference	approx. 680 m
Bottom slope	approx. 36 ‰
length	19 km
Medium-sized cities	Chambery
Small towns	Cognin

The Hyère (sometimes also called Hyères ) is a river in France that runs in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises in the Chartreuse Regional Nature Park , in the municipality of Corbel , just on the border with the neighboring municipality of Saint-Jean-de-Couz , generally drains in a north-easterly direction and after 19 kilometers flows into the Leysse as a left tributary in the urban area of Chambéry .

Places on the river

• Saint-Jean-de-Couz
• Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz
• Cognin
• Chambery

Remarks

1. ↑ Source geoportail.fr (1: 32,000)
2. ↑ estuary geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
3. ↑ ^{a b} The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Hyère at SANDRE (French), accessed on May 4, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.