Bévéra

The Bévéra (in French) or Bevera (in Italian) (Beura in Occitan and Ligurian) is a river of southeastern France and northwestern Italy.

Bévéra
Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationMaritime Alps
Mouth 
  location
Roya
  coordinates
43°49′19″N 7°35′3″E
Discharge 
  average2.24 m3/s (79 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionRoyaLigurian Sea

Geography

Bévéra source is in the Maritime Alps, near Moulinet in the French Alpes-Maritimes department. It flows generally southeast, through Sospel, crosses the Italian border (province of Imperia) and discharges into the river Roya, near Ventimiglia. Its length within France is 26.1 kilometres (16.2 mi).[2] The Basséra is one of its tributaries.

Conservation

Most of the Ligurian part of Bevera valley, along with the Italian slopes of Monte Grammondo, belongs to a SIC (Site of Community Importance) called M. Grammondo T. Bevera (code IT 1315717).[3]

References

  1. Portate (mc) BEVERA a Torri, 1961-1970 data ot Agenzia per la protezione dell'ambiente e per i servizi tecnici, on-line: Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine (access: July 7, 2015)
  2. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Bévéra (Y6630500)".
  3. AA.VV. "SIC IT 1315717 M.Grammondo T.Bevera - Piano di gestione" (PDF) (in Italian). Provincia di Imperia. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  • Media related to Bevera at Wikimedia Commons


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