Oignin

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Oignin
The river at Nurieux-Volognat

The river at Nurieux-Volognat

Data
Water code FR :  V25-0400
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Rhône
Drain over Ain  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Aranc
45 ° 59 ′ 30 ″  N , 5 ° 31 ′ 54 ″  E
Source height approx.  890  m
muzzle in the municipality of Matafelon-Granges in the Ain Coordinates: 46 ° 17 ′ 32 "  N , 5 ° 35 ′ 14"  E 46 ° 17 ′ 32 "  N , 5 ° 35 ′ 14"  E
Mouth height approx.  280  m
Height difference approx. 610 m
Bottom slope approx. 14 ‰
length 44 km
Right tributaries Ange
Reservoirs flowed through Barrage des Trablettes , Barrage de Charmine

The Oignin (in the upper reaches under the names: Rouge Bief and Borrey ) is a river in France that runs in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It has its source near Rougemont , in the municipality of Aranc, and generally drains northwards. At Maillat it reaches the A40 motorway and takes its definitive name Oignin here . In the further course it is dammed by the Barrage de Charmine and after a total of 44 kilometers it flows into the Ain at Coiselet , in the municipality of Matafelon-Granges as a left tributary .

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Oignin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  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 Oignin at SANDRE (French), accessed on October 14, 2010, rounded to full kilometers. Here the two source streams Rouge Bief and Borrey are subsumed in the course of the Oignin .