Title: Buëch Content: The Buëch  is a river in southeastern France, a right tributary of the Durance. It is also called the Grand Buëch in its upper course just to the confluence with the Petit Buëch river. ==Geography== The Buëch river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of approximately . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Laragne-Montéglin in the Hautes-Alpes department, for a period of 15 years. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:50 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:10 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:Jan text:Jan. bar:Feb text:Feb. bar:Mar text:Mar. bar:Apr text:Apr. bar:May text:May bar:Jun text:Jun. bar:Jul text:Jul. bar:Aug text:Aug. bar:Sep text:Sep. bar:Oct text:Oct. bar:Nov text:Nov. bar:Dec text:Dec. PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:Jan from:0 till: 17.60 bar:Feb from:0 till: 25.30 bar:Mar from:0 till: 33.70 bar:Apr from:0 till: 43.50 bar:May from:0 till: 40.60 bar:Jun from:0 till: 16.90 bar:Jul from:0 till: 5.160 bar:Aug from:0 till: 3.990 bar:Sep from:0 till: 3.120 bar:Oct from:0 till: 15.80 bar:Nov from:0 till: 15.40 bar:Dec from:0 till: 20.00 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 17.60 fontsize:S text: 17.60 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 25.30 fontsize:S text: 25.30 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 33.70 fontsize:S text: 33.70 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 43.50 fontsize:S text: 43.50 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 40.60 fontsize:S text: 40.60 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 16.90 fontsize:S text: 16.90 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 5.160 fontsize:S text: 5.160 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 3.990 fontsize:S text: 3.990 shift:(-12,5) bar:Sep at: 3.120 fontsize:S text: 3.120 shift:(-12,5) bar:Oct at: 15.80 fontsize:S text: 15.80 shift:(-12,5) bar:Nov at: 15.40 fontsize:S text: 15.40 shift:(-12,5) bar:Dec at: 20.00 fontsize:S text: 20.00 shift:(-12,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Laragne-Montéglin ===Course=== The Buëch starts several kilometres to the east of col de la Croix-Haute, a mountain pass in the western side of the Massif du Dévoluy mountains, in the commune of Lus-la- Croix-Haute, Drôme department, at an elevation of about . It then flows to the southwest and gets into the Hautes-Alpes department and then flows to the south. Finally, the river flows into the Durance river, as a right tributary, near Sisteron, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. The Buëch flows through 3 departments and 23 communes, in 2 regions: * Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes región ** Drôme: Lus-la-Croix-Haute * Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region ** Hautes-Alpes: La Faurie, Aspres-sur-Buëch, Serres, Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne, Laragne-Montéglin ** Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: Mison, Sisteron ==Main tributaries == The main tributaries of the Buëch river are: Left tributaries: * Petit Buëch - 44.5 km Right tributaries: * Blaisance - 19.1 km * Céans - 22.4 km * Méouge - 39.6 km ==Gallery== Buech-Aspremont2.JPG|The Buëch near Aspremont Buech-défilé-sud.JPG|The Buëch near Serres Le Büech en aval de Ribiers.jpg|The Buëch between Ribiers and Sisteron Buech- Sisteron-05.JPG|Confluence of the Durance (at left) with the Buëch in Sisteron ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France