Usses

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Usses
Suspension bridge crosses the river valley

Suspension bridge crosses the river valley

Data
Water code FR :  V11-0400
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Rhône
Drain over Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Arbusigny
46 ° 5 ′ 2 ″  N , 6 ° 11 ′ 36 ″  E
Source height approx.  882  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Seyssel and Bassy in the Rhône Coordinates: 45 ° 58 ′ 21 "  N , 5 ° 50 ′ 5"  E 45 ° 58 ′ 21 "  N , 5 ° 50 ′ 5"  E
Mouth height approx.  262  m
Height difference approx. 620 m
Bottom slope approx. 13 ‰
length 46 km
Discharge at the Musièges
A Eo gauge : 182 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		3.4 m³ / s
18.7 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Petites Usses
Right tributaries Fornant

The Usses (plural form; French: Les Usses) are a river in France that runs in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises near the hamlet of Le Vernay in the municipality of Arbusigny , generally drains south-west to west and flows into the Rhône as a left tributary after a total of 46 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Seyssel and Bassy in the Barrage de Seyssel reservoir . At its mouth, the river meets the neighboring Ain department .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Attractions

See also

Web links

Commons : Usses  - 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 March 21, 2014, rounded to full kilometers
  4. ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: V1114010 , option: Synthèse ) .
  5. ↑ Suspension bridge at La Caille in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)