Buthier
Sign in to saveThe Buthier () is a mountain torrent in north-west Italy. A left bank tributary of the Dora Baltea, its entire course lies within the Valpelline, a valley in the region of Aosta Valley.
Key facts
- River.name
- Buthier
- River.image
- Buthier a aosta.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Saumont dam, near Aosta
- River.source1_location
- Grandes Murailles glacier
- River.mouth_location
- Dora Baltea in Aosta
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Italy
- River.length_km
- 40
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The Buthier () is a mountain torrent in north-west Italy. A left bank tributary of the Dora Baltea, its entire course lies within the Valpelline, a valley in the region of Aosta Valley.
== Course == thumb|The Buthier flows into the |left|260x260px One branch of the river is formed by the Tsa de Tsan Glacier at an elevation of about ; a second by the Grandes Murailles glacier at about . The river is then dammed to form the Place-Moulin Lake reservoir, after which it passes through the communes of Bionaz, Oyace, Valpelline, Roisan and finally Aosta where it joins the Dora Baltea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Buthier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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