Souloise

Souloise
The Souloise on the outskirts of Saint-Disdier
Data
Water code	FR :  W2210500
location	France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur regions
River system	Rhône
Drain over	Drac  → Isère  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source	in the municipality of Dévoluy, 44 ° 38 ′ 39 ″  N , 5 ° 58 ′ 53 ″  E
Source height	approx.  1890  m
muzzle	on the municipal boundary of Ambel and Pellafol in the Drac coordinates: 44 ° 48 ′ 45 "  N , 5 ° 55 ′ 13"  E, 44 ° 48 ′ 45 "  N , 5 ° 55 ′ 13"  E
Mouth height	approx.  765  m
Height difference	approx. 1125 m
Bottom slope	approx. 43 ‰
length	26 km
Catchment area	187 km²
Reservoirs flowed through	Lac du Sautet
The Grandes Gillardes karst spring

The Souloise is a river in France that runs in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. It rises in the mountainous landscape of the Dévoluy massif , north of the Col de Rabou pass , in the municipality of Dévoluy , first drains in a north-westerly direction, then turns from northeast to north and after 26 kilometers flows into the municipal boundary of Ambel and Pellafol as a left tributary the Drac , which is dammed up here to the Lac de Sautet . On its way, the Souloise crosses the Hautes-Alpes and Isère departments .

Places on the river

• Dévoluy
• Saint-Disdier , municipality of Dévoluy
• Monestier-d'Ambel
• Ambel

Attractions

In the ravine Les Étroits en Dévoluy

• Les Étroits en Dévoluy gorge ,
• Défilé de la Souloise ravine ,
• Water- rich karst springs Grandes Gillardes and Petites Gillardes flow into the river below Saint-Disdier,
• Former irrigation canal Canal de Pellafol used to irrigate the Pellafol plateau.

Web links

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

• Information on the Grandes Gillardes (French)
• Information on the Canal de Pellafol (French)

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 about the Souloise at SANDRE (French), accessed on January 25, 2013, rounded to the nearest kilometer.