Ubayette

Ubayette
The valley of the Ubayette
Data
Water code	FR :  X0410560
location	France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system	Rhône
Drain over	Ubaye  → Durance  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source	in the municipality of Larche 44 ° 22 ′ 4 ″  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 22 ″  E
Source height	approx.  2430  m
muzzle	on the municipal boundary of La Condamine-Châtelard and Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye in the Ubaye coordinates: 44 ° 28 ′ 16 ″  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 38 ″  E, 44 ° 28 ′ 16 ″  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 38 ″  O
Mouth height	approx.  1297  m
Height difference	approx. 1133 m
Bottom slope	approx. 54 ‰
length	approx. 21 km

The Ubayette is a mountain river in France that runs in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises in the French part of the Cottian Alps , near the Italian border, at the mountain summit Tête de l'Enchastraye (2954 m) in the municipality of Larche in the Mercantour National Park , drains with a steep gradient towards north to northwest and flows after about 21 kilometers at the municipal border from La Condamine-Châtelard and Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye as a left tributary into the Ubaye .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

• Larch
• Meyronnes

tourism

The Ubayette is an extreme white water kayak river. Winter sports are practiced in the mountains of the upper reaches.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
3. ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on August 28, 2014, rounded to full kilometers