Morge (Isere)

Morge Canal de la Morge
Confluence of the Morge (left) and Brassière du Rebassat (right)
Data
Water code	FR :  W31-0400 , FR :  W3205002
location	France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system	Rhône
Drain over	Isère  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source	in the municipality of Saint-Aupre 45 ° 25 ′ 31 ″  N , 5 ° 40 ′ 9 ″  E
Source height	approx.  810  m
muzzle	in the municipality of Poliénas in the Isère coordinates: 45 ° 13 ′ 43 ″  N , 5 ° 29 ′ 6 ″  E 45 ° 13 ′ 43 ″  N , 5 ° 29 ′ 6 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  180  m
Height difference	approx. 630 m
Bottom slope	approx. 18 ‰
length	35 km
Right tributaries	Fure
Medium-sized cities	Voiron
Small towns	Moirans
Flood in Voiron in 1897

The Morge is a river in France that runs in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises in the municipality of Saint-Aupre in the Chartreuse Regional Nature Park , generally drains in a south-westerly direction and after 35 kilometers flows into the Isère as a right tributary in the municipality of Poliénas . For the last eight kilometers, the Morge runs under the name Canal de la Morge at a short distance between the A49 motorway and the Isère river.

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

• Saint-Aupre
• Saint-Etienne des Crossey
• Voiron
• Saint-Jean-de-Moirans
• Moirans

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
3. ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( notes ), in combination with the water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( notes ) accessed on 29 May 2014, rounded to full kilometers