Ouvèze

This article deals with the Ouvèze river, which flows into the Rhône in the Vaucluse department; to the river of the same name, which flows into the Rhône in the Ardèche department and passes the town of Privas, see Ouvèze (Privas) .

Ouvèze
Data
Water code	FR :  V6-0200
location	France Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
River system	Rhône
Drain over	Rhône  → Mediterranean
source	in the municipality of Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze 44 ° 16 ′ 13 ″  N , 5 ° 32 ′ 11 ″  E
Source height	approx.  840  m
muzzle	at Sorgues in the Rhone coordinates: 43 ° 59 '23 "  N , 4 ° 51' 9"  E 43 ° 59 '23 "  N , 4 ° 51' 9"  E
Mouth height	approx.  20  m
Height difference	approx. 820 m
Bottom slope	approx. 8.8 ‰
length	93.3 km
Catchment area	2200 km²
Discharge at the Sorgues gauge	MQ	25 m³ / s
Left tributaries	Toulourenc , Sorgue
Small towns	Vaison-la-Romaine , Bédarrides , Sorgues
Ouvèze at low tide
The Ouvèze (right) flows into a branch of the Rhone

The Ouvèze is a river in southern France that runs through the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. It flows through the Drôme and Vaucluse departments on its way .

geography

course

The Ouvèze rises in the municipality of Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze at an altitude of 840 meters, generally drains in a south-westerly direction and flows after 93 kilometers near Sorgues , on the northern municipal boundary of Avignon , as a left tributary into a tributary of the Rhone .

Tributaries

left tributaries: Ravin de Chantaour Ruisseau de Ruissieux Ruisseau de la Faysse Ravin de Fargant Ravin de Combaron Ravin de Combe Richaud Charuis Ruisseau de Combau Ruisseau de Guérindon Ruisseau des Vignes Menon Ravin de Rieu Chaud Ravin des Brugières Ruisseau de Derboux Ravin de la Roussonne Grand Vallat Toulourenc Ruisseau de Riaille Groseau Tarain Ruisseau du Grand Alizier Trignon Ruisseau de la Limade Sorgues griffon

right tributaries: Ravin de la Couvagne Rieu Ruisseau de Crabaye Ruisseau de Ruègne Ruisseau de Cramy Ruisseau d'Anaru Ravin of the tree Ruisseau de Montpasset Entane Ruisseau de la Micoulaude Ruisseau des Moures Riou Ravin des Buissières Ravin de Sainte Catherine Ravin de Margari Ruisseau de la Combette Ravin des Cross Ravin des Barates Ruisseau des Péchières Ravin de Malguéri Ruisseau de Laval Ravin de Salomon Ravin of the aspirant Ravin de Charillianne Ravin de Pisse-Rouille Ravin de Pontillard Ruisseau d'Aigue Marce Vallat de Gournier Vallat de la Buissière Vallat de la Carpentrasse Lauzon Vallat de la Tulisse Rieu Seille

Places on the river

• Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze
• Buis-les-Baronnies
• Pierrelongue
• Mollans-sur-Ouvèze
• Vaison-la-Romaine
• Violès
• Jonquières
• Bédarrides
• Sorgues

traffic

Several roads run along the river, mainly departmental roads. The Orange – Buis-les-Baronnies narrow-gauge railway used to run along the river and is now partially used as a road or cycle path.

See also

• List of tributaries of the Rhone

Web links

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

Traffic report

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 Ouvèze at SANDRE (French), accessed on July 31, 2011, rounded to the nearest kilometer.