Valouse (Ain)

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Valouse
Valouse.jpg
Data
Water code FR :  V26-0400
location France , regions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
River system Rhône
Drain over Ain  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the parish of Écrille
46 ° 30 ′ 48 ″  N , 5 ° 38 ′ 7 ″  E
Source height approx.  435  m
muzzle in the municipality of Corveissat in the Ain coordinates: 46 ° 15 ′ 46 ″  N , 5 ° 30 ′ 35 ″  E 46 ° 15 ′ 46 ″  N , 5 ° 30 ′ 35 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  280  m
Height difference approx. 155 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.7 ‰
length 42 km
Catchment area 312 km²
Right tributaries Valouson , Sancon

The Valouse is a river in France that runs mainly in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and only enters the neighboring region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at its mouth . It rises in the municipality of Écrille , about two kilometers southeast of Orgelet , dehydrated generally southwest to south and empties after 42 kilometers in the municipality of Corveissat in the backwater of the hydroelectric power station of Cize - Bolozon as a left tributary of the Ain . On its way, the Valouse crosses the Jura department and briefly also the Ain department at the mouth .

Places on the river

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Valouse from SANDRE (French), accessed on January 17, 2012, rounded to the nearest kilometer.