Serpentine (river)

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Serpentine
Data
Water code FRV2000500
location France , Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region
River system Rhône
Drain over Ain  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source on the southern outskirts of Censeau
46 ° 48 ′ 40 ″  N , 6 ° 4 ′ 7 ″  E
Source height approx.  820  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Doye and Nozeroy in the Ain Coordinates: 46 ° 45 ′ 20 ″  N , 6 ° 1 ′ 1 ″  E 46 ° 45 ′ 20 ″  N , 6 ° 1 ′ 1 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  659  m
Height difference approx. 161 m
Bottom slope approx. 15 ‰
length 11 km
Reservoirs flowed through Barrage de la Belle Fontaine

The Serpentine is a small river in France that runs in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . It rises in the Jura Mountains , in the municipality of Censeau , initially drains to the south-east, then turns to the south-west and flows after 11 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Doye and Nozeroy as a left tributary into the here only about one kilometer long and sometimes dry-falling river Ain .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Tributaries

(Order in flow direction)

  • Ruisseau du Martinet (left)
  • Ruisseau du Gouffre de l'Hole (right)
  • Settière (left)

Individual evidence

  1. Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the serpentine at SANDRE (French), accessed on August 19, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.