Rivers of Hautes-Alpes

The Durance (; Durença in the Occitan classical norm or Durènço in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .

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The Buëch (; ) is a river in southeastern France, a right tributary of the Durance. It is long. Its drainage basin is . 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.

The Aigues, Aigue, Aygues or Eygues () (Occitan: Éguer) is a French river, a tributary of the Rhône. It runs through the departments of Drôme, Hautes-Alpes and Vaucluse. Its source is in the Baronnies mountains. It flows through Verclause, Sahune, Nyons, and it flows into the Rhône at Caderousse. It is long. Its drainage basin is .

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The Guil () is a long river in the Hautes-Alpes département, southeastern France. Its drainage basin is . Its source is several small streams which converge into the lake Lestio, at Ristolas. It flows generally west, through the Queyras. It is a left tributary of the Durance into which it flows at Guillestre.

The Clarée is a river in southeastern France, a right tributary to the Durance. It is long. Its drainage basin is . Its source is in the Cottian Alps, near Mont Thabor and Valloire. It flows for all of its course in the Hautes-Alpes department. Its confluence with the Durance is near the hamlet of Les Alberts not far from the source of the Durance in the ski resort of Montgenevre.

The Guisane is a river in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, a subtributary of the Rhône and tributary of the Durance (in Briançon). It takes its source in Le Monêtier-les-Bains at the Col du Lautaret. It is long. Its drainage basin is . It has an average discharge of in Saint-Chaffrey.

French river, tributary of the Durance

The Méouge (; ) is a river in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions of the south of France. It rises in the Drôme near the town of Séderon and crosses into the Hautes-Alpes at Barret-sur-Méouge where it carves the spectacular tourist attraction, the Gorges de la Méouge, through the limestone platform. Near the communities of Châteauneuf-de-Chabre and Antonaves it joins the river Buëch which in turn flows into the Durance and the Rhône. Its drainage basin is .

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.