The Guiers () is a river in the
Isère
Isère ( , ; ; , ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the southeastern French Regions of France, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère (river), Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019. and
Savoie
Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population o ...
departments of eastern
France
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. It is long.
It rises in the
Chartreuse Mountains
The Chartreuse Mountains ( ) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the French Prealps, which continue as the Bauges to the north and ...
. The part upstream from the confluence with the
Guiers Vif (literally ''Live Guiers'') is also called ''Guiers Mort'' (literally ''Dead Guiers'').
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rivers of Savoie
Rivers of Isère
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