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.'' The Bouchot () is a

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in the French region of

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which flows in the Vosges department. It is a

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of the Moselotte, and thus a sub-tributary of the

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via the Moselotte and the

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. It is long.

Geography

The Bouchot rises in the Massif des Vosges, on a flank of the ''Tête de Grouvelin'', a peak located within the commune of Gérardmer in the ''Bas-Rupts'' section. The Bouchot is thus also known as the ''ruisseau des Hauts-Rupts'' from its source to its confluence with the ''ruisseau des Bas-Rupts''. It flows through Rochesson, follows

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, then flows into Sapois where the ''ruisseau de Menaurupt'' joins its right bank. After flowing through

Vagney Vagney () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include F ...

, it joins the right bank of the Moselotte. At

, it cascades at the ''Saut du Bouchot'', a

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that is high.

Hydrology

The hydrological discharge of the Bouchot, measured at its confluence with the Moselle, is for a watershed of . The

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in the watershed is , which is very high, a characteristic shared with other rivers in the Vosges region. It is more than three times higher than the average for France including all basins, and also larger by a wide margin than the French basin of the Moselle, which is at

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downstream of

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Banque Hydro - Station A7930610 - The Moselle at Hauconcourt
). The Bouchot's specific flow rate thus comes in very high, at 34.45 litres per second per square kilometre of watershed.

Main tributaries

* Ruisseau des Bas Rupts * Ruisseau de Creusegoutte * Ruisseau de Noire-goutte * Goutte de Jossonfaing * Goutte de Battion * Goutte de Plainfaing * Goutte de Frimont * Goutte du Herray * Ruisseau de Peute-goutte * Goutte Mathias * Ruisseau de Menaurupt * Ruisseau des Naufaings

External links

*
Artistic photographs of cascades of the Vosges
* * {{cite web, url= http://www.lorraine.ecologie.gouv.fr/Eau_quantite/cataloguedebits/debitsobserves/moselleamont/bouchot.pdf, archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061121215439/http://www.lorraine.ecologie.gouv.fr/Eau_quantite/cataloguedebits/debitsobserves/moselleamont/bouchot.pdf , url-status= dead, archive-date= 2006-11-21 , title=Characteristic flow rates of the Bouchot , language=fr

References

Rivers of Vosges (department) Rivers of Grand Est Rivers of France