Menoge

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Menoge
The headwaters at the Col des Moises

The headwaters at the Col des Moises

Data
Water code FR :  V0230500
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Rhône
Drain over Arve  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Habère-Poche
46 ° 16 ′ 27 ″  N , 6 ° 27 ′ 58 ″  E
Source height approx.  1105  m
muzzle in the municipality of Vétraz-Monthoux in the Arve Coordinates: 46 ° 10 ′ 11 ″  N , 6 ° 14 ′ 47 ″  E 46 ° 10 ′ 11 ″  N , 6 ° 14 ′ 47 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  405  m
Height difference approx. 700 m
Bottom slope approx. 23 ‰
length 30 km
Left tributaries Foron
Small towns Vétraz-Monthoux
The Menoge in Boëge

The Menoge in Boëge

The Menoge is a mountain river in France that runs in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises about 10 kilometers south of Lake Geneva in a high valley , in the municipality of Habère-Poche . The source is located just below the Col des Moises , on the edge of a glider airfield . The Menoge first drains in a south-westerly direction through the Vallée Verte , then swings west and flows into the Arve as a right tributary after 30 kilometers in the municipality of Vétraz-Monthoux , in the greater Annemasse area .

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Menoge  - 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 Menoge at SANDRE (French), accessed on October 15, 2010, rounded to full kilometers.