The Guil (french: le Guil) is a long river in the

Hautes-Alpes Hautes-Alpes (; oc, Auts Aups; en, Upper Alps) is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population of 141,22 ...

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'', southeastern

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. Its drainage basin is .Bassin versant : Guil (Le)
Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA Its source is several small streams which converge into the lake Lestio, at Ristolas. It flows generally west, through the

Queyras The Queyras ( oc, Cairàs) is a valley located in the French Hautes-Alpes, of which the geographical extent is the basin of the river Guil, a tributary of the Durance. The Queyras is one of the oldest mountain ranges of the Alps, and it was one ...

. It is a left tributary of the Durance into which it flows at Guillestre.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Ristolas, Abriès, Aiguilles, Château-Ville-Vieille, Arvieux, Eygliers, Guillestre

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Hautes-Alpes Rivers of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Rivers of the Alps {{France-river-stub