Veyron (river)

BW

Template: Infobox River / BILD_fehlt

The Veyron is a 22 km long right tributary of the Venoge the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It drains a portion of the western rim of the Vaud Mittelland. The first recorded mention of the river took place in 1257 under the name li Voirons.

The headwaters of the Veyron is located approximately 720 m above sea level. M. on the corridor Grand Marais at the foot of the Jura on the communal land of Bière. On the plateau of the Jura foothills of the stream flows parallel to the north- east to the Jura chain and in this case has only a very slight slope on. In Mollens (VD ), the Veyron enters a swampy, passed by alder forests Talniederung. This valley with about 500 m wide, flat floor served the glacial Rhone glacier over time as meltwater channel.

South of L' Isle, the Veyron turns east and overcomes at 6 km height difference of 100 meters, where it runs in a valley that is sunk about 30 meters into the surrounding plateau. At the village of La Chaux ( Cossonay ) of this valley opens out into a wide valley that is flanked to the east by the ridge of the Bois du Sépey. The stream now flows to the north- northeast and reached after a short section in a gorge-like Tälchen the Tine de Conflens ( 498 m above sea level. M. ), a rock basin, where it empties into the Venoge. So far, the Veyron has a 13 km long distance than the Venoge; However, the latter carries more water in general.

The entire duration of the Veyron is preserved in near-natural, partly natural state. From the foot of the Jura shall flow to the tributaries Etremble, Malagne, Morand and Gebre. The water power of the Veyron has been used since the Middle Ages in several places for the operation of mills and sawmills.

• Rhone river system
• River in Europe
• River in the canton of Vaud