Largue (Durance)

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Largue
The river in the estuary

The river in the estuary

Data
Water code FR :  X15-0400
location France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system Rhône
Drain over Durance  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of La Rochegiron,
44 ° 7 ′ 53 ″  N , 5 ° 38 ′ 28 ″  E
Source height approx.  1360  m
muzzle at Volx in the Durance coordinates: 43 ° 50 '58 "  N , 5 ° 51' 26"  E 43 ° 50 '58 "  N , 5 ° 51' 26"  E
Mouth height approx.  310  m
Height difference approx. 1050 m
Bottom slope approx. 19 ‰
length approx. 56 km
Left tributaries Laye
Upper reaches of the Durance tributaries Largue, Cavalon and Jabron

The Largue is a river in France that runs in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . Its source is in the Montagne de Lure massif , in the municipality of La Rochegiron . In the source area, the name of the watercourse changes several times (Ravin Frache, Ravin des Quatre Combes, Ravin de la Raille) until it finally takes on the name Largue. The river generally drains south to south-east through the Luberon Regional Nature Park , makes an abrupt turn to the east in the lower reaches and then flows into the Durance after a total of 56 kilometers at Volx as a right tributary . Just before its confluence, the Largue crosses two water canals of the Électricité de France , which carry water from the Durance to the hydropower station of Sainte-Tulle .

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Largue  - 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 Largue from SANDRE (French), accessed on October 17, 2010, rounded to full kilometers. Here several source streams are subsumed in the course of the Largue .