Isère River

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river

The Isère River is a significant waterway in southeastern France that flows through the Alps and the city of Grenoble before joining the Rhône.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Isère 4
Isère (river) 1
Isère River basin 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry France ⓘ
belongsTo Western Europe river network ⓘ
country France ⓘ
crosses Grenoble ⓘ
surface form: Grenoble metropolitan area
dischargesInto Rhône River ⓘ
surface form: Rhône River near Valence region
flowsDirection generally westward ⓘ
flowsThrough Albertville ⓘ
Alps ⓘ
Alps ⓘ
surface form: French Alps

Grenoble ⓘ
Grésivaudan Valley ⓘ
Pontcharra ⓘ
Romans-sur-Isère ⓘ
Tarentaise Valley ⓘ
hasBridge Pont de Catane in Grenoble ⓘ
Pont de Saint-Laurent in Grenoble ⓘ
hasConfluenceWith Arc River near Albertville ⓘ
Drac River at Grenoble ⓘ
hasFloodplain Isère River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: lower Isère valley
hasTributary Arc River ⓘ
Arly River ⓘ
Dorons of Bozel and Belleville ⓘ
Drac River ⓘ
historicalRole influenced development of Grenoble ⓘ
trade route through the Alps ⓘ
length about 286 km ⓘ
locatedIn Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

southeastern France ⓘ
mouth Rhône River ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Drôme department ⓘ
mouthLocation Pont-de-l’Isère ⓘ
namedAfter Isère department ⓘ
notableFor flood risk in Grenoble plain ⓘ
partOf Alpine river network ⓘ
passesThrough Drôme department ⓘ
Isère department ⓘ
Savoie ⓘ
surface form: Savoie department
riverSystem Rhône River ⓘ
surface form: Rhône basin
sourceLocatedIn Savoie ⓘ
surface form: Savoie department
sourceLocation Graian Alps ⓘ
Tarentaise Valley ⓘ
tributaryOf Rhône River ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
watercourseType alpine river ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vercors Massif → drainage → Isère River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isère River basin
Cottian Alps → drainageBasin → Isère River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isère basin
Isère River → hasFloodplain → Isère River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: lower Isère valley
Drôme department → hasRiver → Isère River ⓘ
subject surface form: Drôme
this entity surface form: Isère
Drôme → hasRiver → Isère River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isère
Albertville → locatedNearRiver → Isère River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isère
Romans-sur-Isère → locatedOnRiver → Isère River ⓘ
Rhône River → majorTributary → Isère River ⓘ
Isère → namedAfter → Isère River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isère (river)
subject surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
this entity surface form: Isère