The Guil () is a long river in the
Hautes-Alpes
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département'', southeastern
France
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.
Its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
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. 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
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