Petit Buëch

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Petit Buëch
The river in the Montmaur area

The river in the Montmaur area

Data
Water code FRX1020500
location France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system Rhône
Drain over Buëch  → Durance  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source West flank of the Pic de l'Aiguille , in the municipality of Gap
44 ° 38 ′ 27 ″  N , 6 ° 2 ′ 53 ″  E
Source height approx.  2090  m
muzzle above Serres in the Grand Buëch coordinates: 44 ° 26 '55 "  N , 5 ° 43' 19"  E 44 ° 26 '55 "  N , 5 ° 43' 19"  E
Mouth height approx.  680  m
Height difference approx. 1410 m
Bottom slope approx. 32 ‰
length approx. 44 km
Left tributaries Drouzet , Maraise
Right tributaries Béoux

The Petit Buëch is a white water river in France that runs in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises in the Dévoluy massif , on the western flank of the Pic de l'Aiguille , in the northwest corner of the municipal area of Gap , generally drains to the southwest and flows after about 44 kilometers above Serres as a left tributary into its twin river Grand Buëch , the one from here loses its suffix and is only called Buëch .

Places on the river

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 Petit Buëch at SANDRE (French), accessed on April 29, 2012, rounded to the nearest kilometer.