Hermance (river)
The Hermance is a river that rises in France in Haute-Savoie, between Machilly and Loisin, and flows for 7 kilometres through the small valley from Hermance and the commune of Veigy-Foncenex where it marks the Swiss-French border on the last 6 kilometres of its course by bordering the communes of Anières and Hermance in Switzerland and Chens-sur-Léman in France,[1] before flowing into Lake Geneva. It is 13 km (8.1 mi) long.[2]
| Hermance | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | France, Switzerland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Lake Geneva |
• coordinates | 46.3042°N 6.2417°E |
| Length | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lake Geneva→ Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea |
Flood control and other river maintenance issues are regulated under the 1959 Hermance River Agreement.[3]
Notes and references
- This text incorporates text from fr.wikipedia.org. The French Wikipedia use the following sources:
- Fiche rivière no 4 : L'Hermance, Département de l'intérieur, de l'agriculture, de l'environnement et de l'énergie. Retrieved 2007-10-08
- Raphaëlle Juge, Plan directeur communal d'Anières Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, l'Hermance et son vallon. Retrieved 2007-10-08
- Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Hermance (V0350700)".
- Ariel Dinar et al., Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation and Cooperation, World Scientific, 2007. ISBN 981-256-893-X, ISBN 978-981-256-893-9. p. 185
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