Dranse d'Abondance

Dranse d'Abondance
Country France, Switzerland[1]
Basin
River mouth Dranse de Morzine
River system Rhone
Basin size 178 km2 (69 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length 18 km (11 mi)

The Dranse d'Abondance is a small river in the French department of Haute-Savoie, a sub-tributary of the Rhône via the Dranse de Morzine and the Dranse.

Geography

The river is sourced from above the hamlet of Plaine Dranse, in the commune of Châtel near the pointe de Chésery and the Franco-Swiss border, in the Chablais.

It irrigates the Val d'Abondance.

In Bioge (a commune of Reyvroz), the river joins the Dranse de Morzine and from there forth they form the Dranse, which empties into Lake Geneva in the Delta de la Dranse National Nature Reserve between Thonon-les-Bains and Publier/Amphion-les-Bains.

Traversed communes

Fish population

The Dranse d'Abondance stocks a population of brown trout from the Mediterranean.[2] as are European bullheads. The fish are regulated by the AAPPMACG (Association Agréée pour la Pêche et la Protection du Milieu Aquatique du Chablais-Genevois).

References

  1. ↑ Western flanks of Tour de Don and Bec du Corbeau
  2. ↑ Bull. Fr. Pêche Piscic. (2003) 369 : 41-70

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Coordinates: 46°20′N 6°36′E / 46.333°N 6.600°E / 46.333; 6.600


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