Geography of Savoy

The Département of Savoy belongs to the area the Rhone-Alps in France. It is bordering on the departments of the Ain, of the Isere, the Hautes-Alpes and the Haute-Savoie, as well as Italy.

Natural resources

The protection of natural spaces

national parks and regional

  • National park of the Vanoise
  • Regional natural park of the solid mass of the Wallows

natural reserves

  • Natural reserve Tops of Chartreuse
  • Natural reserve Tops of Villaroger
  • Natural reserve of Knows
  • Réserve natural of Large Sassière
  • Natural reserve of Bailletaz
  • Natural reserve of the Grande Motte
  • Natural reserve of Plan of Tueda

Orders of the prefect of protection of biotope

  • Islands of Chautagne-Malourdie
  • Marsh of the Well of Hell
  • Marsh of Villards and the Park
  • Lakes and Saint-Jean-of-Hairy marsh of
  • southern Bank of the Lake of Le Bourget
  • Peaty of Creusates
  • the Source of the Castle
  • Lake Aiguebelette
  • Marsh of Noux
  • Wetland of Planaise
  • Bialle and the Basins Mollards
  • Peaty of Montendry and Montgilbert
  • Marsh of Etelles
  • Peaty of the Seizures
  • Brook of the Church
  • Collar of Iseran
  • Cenis Mount and small valley of Savine

Private forest

  • 109.000 hectares of forest private
  • 56% of the whole of the Savoyard forests (tx of timbering of 31%)
  • 58.500 forest owners.
  • 1,8 hectares of average forest property.
  • 570 forests of more than 10 hectares

Valleys

Hydrography

Lakes

The Savoy account approximately 8000 ha of natural lakes and reserves.

  • the Lake of Le Bourget which is more the natural big lake of France with 4.500 ha of surface.

  • the Lake Aiguebelette
  • As well as many lakes of mountain such as the lake of Presset, the Lake Forclaz, the lake of the return, the lake of small, the black lake of St Foy, the lake of the small valley of the nail, the lake of the sassière, the lake St Daisies, the Lake Curtales, the lake of the bataillères, the lake of the Rings, the lake Bramant, the white lake, the lake of the cross, the black lake, the lake of the cornaches, the lake of the storms, the lake crintallia, the lake of the lou, the lake of the part…

Cours d' water

The department includes/understands approximately 1860 km of river.

  • River:
the the Rhone and one of its channels: The Channel of Savière

  • Rivers:

the Aillon - the Aitelène - the Arc - the Argentinian - the Arly - the Arrondine - the Arvan - the Bialle - the Bissorte - the Breda - the Bugeon - the Chair - the Chéran - the Coisin - the Doria - the Dorinet - the Doron of Belleville - the Doron of Beaufort - the Doron de Bozel - the Doron de Chavière - the Doron de Champagny - Doron of Allues - the Water of Olle - the Russet-red Water - the Flon - the Gelon - the Glaires - the Glandon - the Gozon - the Guiers - the Hyères - the Isere - the Leysse - the Méline - the Neuvaches - the Neuvachette - the Ponturin - the Sierroz - the Tillet - the Thiez - the Torrent of the Glaciers - the Truison - the Valloirette

Countries and agglomerations

  • Agglomeration of Chambéry
  • Agglomeration of the Aix the baths

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