Volane

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Volane
Volane in Vals-les-Bains

Volane in Vals-les-Bains

Data
Water code FR :  V5010520
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Rhône
Drain over Ardèche  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Mézilhac
44 ° 47 ′ 32 ″  N , 4 ° 18 ′ 52 ″  E
Source height approx.  1340  m
muzzle in the municipality of Vals-les-Bains in the Ardèche coordinates: 44 ° 39 ′ 7 ″  N , 4 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E, 44 ° 39 ′ 7 ″  N , 4 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  230  m
Height difference approx. 1110 m
Bottom slope approx. 48 ‰
length 23 km
Right tributaries Bézorgues

The Volane is a river in France that runs in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises in the northern foothills of the Cevennes in the municipality of Mézilhac . The source is located on the eastern flank of the Suc de l'Areilladou (1448 m) in the Areilladou ski area of ​​the same name in the Monts d'Ardèche Regional Nature Park . The Volane drains in the upper reaches in an easterly direction, then turns to the south and flows into the Ardèche as a left tributary after 23 kilometers opposite Labégude , but still in the municipality of Vals-les-Bains .

Places on the river

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Volane at SANDRE (French), accessed on March 21, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.