Cerveyrette
Sign in to saveThe Cerveyrette is a river in the Hautes-Alpes department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a tributary of the Durance, making it a sub-tributary of the Rhône.
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- Geography
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- Drainage Basin
- Managing Authority
- Tributaries
- Ecology
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The Cerveyrette is a river in the Hautes-Alpes department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a tributary of the Durance, making it a sub-tributary of the Rhône.
== Geography == The Cerveyrette is both a torrent and the valley it has carved in its upper reaches (between and altitude) within the Queyras massif. One of its tributaries, the Blétonnet, collects water from the northern slopes of the Col d'Izoard. The upper valley contains one of the rare high-altitude wetlands in the region, at approximately , noted for its exceptional biological diversity.
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