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Isère is a river located in south-eastern France that flows through the Alpine region. It matters as an important waterway in the area, contributing to the region's geography and water systems.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Drôme
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
- L'Isère à Bourg-Saint-Maurice (mars 2018).JPG
- Length
- 286.1
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Rhône
- Commons category
- Isère River
- watershed area
- 11800
- category for the water basin
- Category:Isère basin
- discharge
- 360
- basin country
- France
- different from
- Yser
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview
The Isère ( US: /iːˈzɛər/ ee-ZAIR, French: [izɛʁ] ; Arpitan: Isera; Occitan: Isèra) is a river in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. Its source, a glacier known as the Sources de l'Isère, lies in the Vanoise National Park in the Graian Alps of Savoie, near the ski resort in Val-d'Isère on the border with Italy. An important left-bank tributary of the Rhône, the Isère merges with it a few kilometers north of Valence.
Many riverside communes have incorporated the Isère's name into their own, for example, Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère and Romans-sur-Isère. The department of Isère is likewise named after the river.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Isère” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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