Laye (river)

Laye
The Pont sur Laye at Mane
Data
Water code	FR :  X1510500
location	France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system	Rhône
Drain over	Largue  → Durance  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source	in the municipality of Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues, 44 ° 2 ′ 7 ″  N , 5 ° 48 ′ 19 ″  E
Source height	approx.  690  m
muzzle	on the municipal boundary of Dauphin and Saint-Maime in the Largue coordinates: 43 ° 53 ′ 41 ″  N , 5 ° 47 ′ 51 ″  E, 43 ° 53 ′ 41 ″  N , 5 ° 47 ′ 51 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  369  m
Height difference	approx. 321 m
Bottom slope	approx. 13 ‰
length	24 km
Catchment area	177 km²
Reservoirs flowed through	Retenue de la Laye
The reservoir near Mane

The Laye is a river in France that runs in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises in the municipality of Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues , drains in an arc from southwest over south to southeast and flows into the Largue after 24 kilometers in the Luberon Regional Nature Park , on the municipal boundary of Dauphin and Saint-Maime as a left tributary .

Places on the river

• Limans
• Forcalquier
• Mane
• Saint-Maime
• dauphin

Attractions

• Pont sur la Laye , Romanesque bridge over the river at Mane

Web links

Commons : Laye  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Romanesque bridge over the Laye  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} geoportail.fr
2. ↑ ^{a b c} The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Laye at SANDRE (French), accessed on September 20, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.