Jabron (Durance)
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The Jabron with the Pont de Peipin from 1666 |
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Water code | FR : X1100500 | |
location | France , regions Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
River system | Rhône | |
Drain over | Durance → Rhône → Mediterranean | |
source | in the municipality of Les Omergues, 44 ° 10 ′ 26 ″ N , 5 ° 34 ′ 7 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 1090 m | |
muzzle | just south of Sisteron in the Durance coordinates: 44 ° 9 ′ 33 ″ N , 5 ° 57 ′ 20 ″ E, 44 ° 9 ′ 33 ″ N , 5 ° 57 ′ 20 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 440 m | |
Height difference | approx. 650 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 18 ‰ | |
length | approx. 36 km | |
Right tributaries | Biaisse |
The Jabron is a mountain river in France that runs through the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions. It rises in the municipality of Les Omergues , generally drains in an easterly direction and flows into the Durance as a right tributary after 36 kilometers just south of Sisteron . On its way, the Jabron mainly crosses the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department , only at Montfroc does it enter the Drôme department of the neighboring Rhône-Alpes region over a length of about one kilometer .
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