Aigues

This article is about the river in France. For the municipality in Spain, see Aigües.
For the tributary of the Luy de Béarn in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, see Aïgue Longue; for the tributary of the Tuébi in Alpes-Maritimes see Aigue Blanche.
Aigues

Aigues near Nyons
Basin
Progression Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea
Main source Baronnies
River mouth Caderousse
Countries France
Physiognomy
Length 114.2 km (71.0 mi)

The Aigues, Aigue, Aygues or Eygues 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.

Several spellings of the name are in use: the French national map service Géoportail shows both "l'Aigues" and "l'Aygues" on maps of the same area near Orange,[1][2] and the village name of Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues preserves another variant.

Among its tributaries is the Lauzon.

References

  1. ↑ "Map showing Aigues". Geoportail. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Map showing Aygues". Geoportail. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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