Séveraisse

Séveraisse
The river by the hamlet of La Chaup (municipality of Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard)
Data
Water code	FR :  W21-0400
location	France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system	Rhône
Drain over	Drac  → Isère  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source	in the municipality of La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar 44 ° 48 ′ 30 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 38 ″  E
Source height	approx.  2280  m
muzzle	on the municipal boundary of Saint-Firmin and Chauffayer in the Drac coordinates: 44 ° 46 ′ 34 "  N , 5 ° 59 ′ 7"  E, 44 ° 46 ′ 34 "  N , 5 ° 59 ′ 7"  E
Mouth height	approx.  776  m
Height difference	approx. 1504 m
Bottom slope	approx. 46 ‰
length	33 km
Catchment area	223 km²

The Séveraisse is a mountain river in France that runs in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises under the name Torrent de Chabournéou from the Glacier de Chabournéou glacier of the same name in the Écrins National Park , in the municipal area of La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar , generally drains in a westerly direction through the valley of the Valgaudemar and flows after 33 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Saint-Firmin and Chauffayer as a right tributary to the Drac .

Places on the river

• La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar
• Villar-Loubière
• Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard
• Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard
• Saint-Firmin

Attractions

The area south of the river is registered as a Natura 2000 reserve under number FR93011506.

Web links

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

• http://www.kajaktour.de/sever.htm Information about the river on kajaktour.de
• http://inpn.mnhn.fr/site/natura2000/FR9301506 Information on the Natura 2000 protected area

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The information on the length of the river is based on the information on the Séveraisse at SANDRE (French), accessed on January 21, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.