Méouge
| Méouge | ||
 The course of the Méouge |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : X1050500 | |
| location | France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur regions | |
| River system | Rhône | |
| Drain over | Buëch → Durance → Rhône → Mediterranean | |
| source | in the municipality of Barret-de-Lioure, 44 ° 9 ′ 58 ″ N , 5 ° 31 ′ 47 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 1178 m | |
| muzzle | on the municipal boundary of Antonaves and Châteauneuf-de-Chabre in the Buëch coordinates: 44 ° 15 '47 " N , 5 ° 49' 38" E, 44 ° 15 '47 " N , 5 ° 49' 38" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 517 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 661 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 17 ‰ | |
| length | 40 km | |
| Catchment area | 229 km² | |
| Right tributaries | Auzance | |
The Méouge is a river in France that runs through the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. It rises in the mountains of the Montagne d'Albion in the municipality of Barret-de-Lioure , generally drains north-east to east through a sparsely populated area and flows into the Buëch as a right tributary at the municipal boundary of Antonaves and Châteauneuf-de-Chabre . On its way, the Méouge crosses the Drôme and Hautes-Alpes departments .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
Attractions
- Gorge de la Méouge , deeply cut gorge at the breakthrough into the valley of the Buëch.
Web links
Commons : Méouge - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ a b Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on April 27, 2015, rounded to full kilometers