Dranse d'Abondance


The Dranse d'Abondance is the upper part of the river Dranse in the French department of Haute-Savoie, a sub-tributary of the Rhône.

Geography

The river is sourced from above the hamlet of, in the commune of Châtel near the pointe de Chésery and the Franco-Swiss border, in the Chablais.
It irrigates the Val d'Abondance.
In Bioge, the river joins the Dranse at the confluence with Dranse de Morzine, which empties into Lake Geneva in the Delta de la Dranse National Nature Reserve between Thonon-les-Bains and Évian-les-Bains.

Traversed communes

The Dranse d'Abondance stocks a population of brown trout from the Mediterranean. as are European bullheads. The fish are regulated by the AAPPMACG.