The Guiers Vif (, literally ''live Guiers'') is a river in

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...

in eastern

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. It is located in the Regional Natural Park of Chartreuse, on the border between the municipalities of Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont (Isère) and

Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont (Savoie) Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont () is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Geography Located on the north bank of the Guiers Vif, Saint-Pierre d'Entremont in Savoie is a mountain township. Its ...

. Its source is in the

Cirque de Saint-Même The Cirque de Saint-Même is a natural amphitheater located in the east end of the massif de la Chartreuse in the French departments of Savoie (north) and the Isère (south) districts separated by the Guiers Vif, river through the natural circus. ...

. It flows towards the northwest. For most of its course, the river forms the border between the departments of

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 ...

. Near the communes of

Entre-deux-Guiers Entre-deux-Guiers (, literally ''Between Two Guiers'') is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department The following is a list of the 512 communes in the French depar ...

and

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, it ends after as a right tributary of the

Guiers The Guiers () is a river in the Isère and Savoie departments of eastern France. 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 ...

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Rivers of France Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rivers of Isère Rivers of Savoie {{France-river-stub