The Guil () is a long river in the

Hautes-Alpes Hautes-Alpes (; ; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

'', southeastern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. 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 Ristolas is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Abriès-Ristolas. The village lies in the Queyras, in the northwestern part of the commune, on the left ...

. It flows generally west, through the

Queyras The Queyras (; ) is a valley located in the French Hautes-Alpes, of which the geographical extent is the basin of the river Guil, a tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem' ...

. It is a

left tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...

of the

Durance The Durance (; ''Durença'' in the Occitan classical norm or ''Durènço'' in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .Guillestre Guillestre (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Guilhèstra'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Geography The village lies in the northwestern part of the commune, on the left bank of the Chagné, a stream, tributary of the ...

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

Abriès Abriès (Vivaro-Alpine dialect, Vivaro-Alpine: ''Abrièrs'') is a former Communes of France, commune in the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Abriès-Ris ...

Aiguilles Aiguilles (; ) is a commune of the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Geography The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the Guil, which flows southwest through the commune. Population See also *Comm ...

Château-Ville-Vieille Château-Ville-Vieille (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Chastèu e Vilavielha'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Geography The commune is located in the Queyras. The two villages in the commune lie in the Guil valley; ...

Arvieux Arvieux (; ) is a commune of the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France. Geography Arvieux lies at the foot of the Col d'Izoard in the Arvieux Valley some 20 km south by south-east of Bri ...

Eygliers Eygliers (; Occitan: ''Aigliers'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Geography The river Guil forms all of the commune's southeastern and southern borders; the Durance ...

Guillestre Guillestre (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Guilhèstra'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Geography The village lies in the northwestern part of the commune, on the left bank of the Chagné, a stream, tributary of the ...

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