Romanche Rivers Alps french

THE QUEEN MEIJE,THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS PEAKS IN THE HAUTES-ALPES
TO BE SCALED, EXTENDS ITS SHADOW OVER A VERY SPECIAL MOUNTAIN
STREAM

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Severaisse Rivers

The Romanche rises in the Hautes-Alpes and runs rapidly towards the Drac, where it flows into the Isère
and onto Grenoble. The source of the river, which is the twin sister of the Guisane to the east, is at the
Col du Lautaret, from where it follows a discreet path at the foot of the north face of the Meije. For the
past 150 years the area's mountaineering attractions have eclipsed those of the river; this situation is
now changing, however, as the Romanche begins to express itself to the full and reveal its true identity
to visitors.

Numerous rapids and drops formed by large blocks of schist which have broken away from the slopes of
the Oisan lead to Lac du Chambon, where the Romanche changes département as it continues on its
course, subdued by the dams in the Isère.