Main source Massif des Vosges Basin size 56.9 km (22.0 sq mi) Discharge 1.96 m³/s Mouth Moselotte | River mouth Moselotte Length 18 km Basin area 56.9 km² Country France | |
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Progression Moselotte→ Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea | ||
The Bouchot is a river in the French region of Lorraine which flows in the Vosges department. It is a right tributary of the Moselotte, and thus a sub-tributary of the Rhine via the Moselotte and the Moselle.
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Map of Le Bouchot, France
GeographyEdit
The Bouchot rises in the Massif des Vosges, on a flank of the Tête de Grouvelin, a peak located within the commune of Gérardmer in the Bas-Rupts section. The Bouchot is thus also known as the ruisseau des Hauts-Rupts from its source to its confluence with the ruisseau des Bas-Rupts. It flows through Rochesson, follows Gerbamont, then flows into Sapois where the ruisseau de Menaurupt joins its right bank. After flowing though Vagney, it joins the right bank of the Moselotte.
At Gerbamont, it cascades at the Saut du Bouchot, a waterfall that is 28 metres (92 ft) high.
HydrologyEdit
The hydrological discharge of the Bouchot, measured at its confluence with the Moselle, is 1.96 cubic metres per second (69 cu ft/s) for a watershed of 56.9 square kilometres (22.0 sq mi). The runoff curve number in the watershed is 1,086 millimetres (42.8 in), which is very high, a characteristic shared with other rivers in the Vosges region. It is more than three times higher than the average for France including all basins, and also larger by a wide margin than the French basin of the Moselle, which is 445 millimetres (17.5 in) at Hauconcourt downstream of Metz ). The Bouchot's specific flow rate thus comes in very high, at 34.45 litres per second per square kilometre of watershed.