Buëch | |
Map: | Buëch.png |
Mouth Location: | Durance |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44.2014°N 5.9431°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | France |
Length: | 85km (53miles) |
Basin Size: | 1478km2 |
The Buëch (in French pronounced as /bɥɛʃ/[1]), Occitan Bueg (in Occitan (post 1500); pronounced as /bɥetʃ/) is a river in southeastern France, a right tributary of the Durance. It is 85.3km (53miles) long. Its drainage basin is 1478km2.[2] Its source is in the Dauphiné Alps, near the peak of Grand Ferrand. It flows generally southward for most of its course in the Hautes-Alpes département, and flows into the Durance at Sisteron.
Départements and towns along the Buëch include: