Tinée
| Tinée | ||
 The Tinée catchment area |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : Y62-0400 | |
| location | France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region | |
| River system | Var | |
| Drain over | Var → Mediterranean | |
| source | in the municipality of Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage 44 ° 19 ′ 54 ″ N , 6 ° 48 ′ 45 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 2719 m | |
| muzzle | on the municipal boundary of Utelle and Tournefort in the Var Coordinates: 43 ° 54 ′ 43 ″ N , 7 ° 11 ′ 5 ″ E, 43 ° 54 ′ 43 ″ N , 7 ° 11 ′ 5 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 179 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 2540 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 36 ‰ | |
| length | 70 km | |
| Discharge at the La Tour A Eo gauge : 705 km² |
MQ 1972/2009 Mq 1972/2009 |
16 m³ / s 22.7 l / (s km²) |
| Right tributaries | Vionène | |
 The river flows through a narrow valley near Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée |
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The Tinée is a river in France that runs in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises near the Col de la Bonette , in the Mercantour National Park , in the municipality of Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage , generally drains south-east through the Maritime Alps and flows into the Maritime Alps after 70 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Utelle and Tournefort as a left tributary Var .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée
- Isola
- Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée
- Marie
- Clans
- Roussillion , municipality of La Tour
Energy industry
The river is dammed in several places to generate energy. The water is drained through pressure tunnels .
Attractions
The narrow gorges of the Tinée are among the most scenic in the Maritime Alps.
Picture gallery
The headwaters
View from Lac Morgon into the Tinée valley
Bridge over the river in the municipality of Ilonse
It flows into the Var at the old railway bridge
Tinée at the M2205 road
See also
- List of French Mediterranean tributaries and their tributaries, from 36 km in length, sorted geographically
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Tinée from SANDRE (French), accessed on December 10, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.
- ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: Y6234010 , option: Synthèse ) .