Rabodeau

The Rabodeau is a French Rivière of Lorraine which runs in the department of the the Vosges (88). It is an affluent of the Meurthe out of Right Bank, therefore a tributary of a tributary of the the Moselle.

Geography

Rabodeau is born with the collar from Prayé (or Prayez), in the south-west of solid mass of the Donon. Its course, regularly directed west-south-west, is parallel to that of the Plaine.

Rabodeau sprinkles in particular Moussey, Senones, Moyenmoutier and joined the Meurthe with the hamlet of Saint-Blaise , with the altitude of 289 Mr.

Affluents

Its principal affluents are the Fosse , the Bouchard whose valley leads to the Col of Hantz, the Grand Rupt resulting from Saint-Stail, the brook of Lavaux , the brook of Par and the brook of Gullies .

Hydrology

Rabodeau is a very abundant river. Its flow was observed during one 16 years period (1969-1984), with Moyenmoutier, locality of the department of the the Vosges located at the level of its confluence with Meurthe. The catchment area of the river is of 153 km ².

The interannual medium flow or module of the river with Moyenmoutier is of 3,52 m ³ a second.

Rabodeau present of the seasonal fluctuations of flow relatively moderate, as it is usually the case of the rivers of the Vosgean solid mass. The high waters are held in winter and in spring and push the average monthly flow on a level located between 3,78 and 6,05 m ³ a second, from December to May included (with a maximum from December to February). As of June the flow falls quickly to the low waters of summer, which take place in August - September and are accompanied by a fall of the monthly flow average energy up to 1,58 m ³ in September. But these figures are only averages and the fluctuations of flow are more marked over moreover short periods or according to the years.

With the low water level, the VCN3 can fall until 0,550 m ³, in the event of dry period quinquennial, that is to say 550 liters a second, which excessively severe is not compared with the rivers fed exclusively or almost by the precipitations fallen on the Lorraine plate (see note).

As for the risings, they can be very important taking into account the modest size of the river and its catchment area. The QIX 2 and QIX 5 are worth respectively 24 and 37 m ³ a second. The QIX 10 or calculated flow of decennial rising is of 45 m ³ a second, the QIX 20 of 50 m ³, while the QIX 50 was not calculated being given the insufficiency of the duration of observation of the flows (see note).

The recorded maximum instantaneous flow with Moyenmoutier during this 16 years period, was of 64,7 m ³ a second on May 26th, 1983, while the value maximum day laborer was of 59,9 m ³ a second the same day. By comparing the first of these values on a QIX scale of the river, it appears clearly that this rising was much higher than the vicennial rising calculated by the QIX 20, and thus rather exceptional.

Rabodeau is an extremely abundant river, strongly supplied with strong precipitations of its basin. The Lame of water past in its catchment area is of 728 millimetres annually, which is more twice the higher than the overall average of France all confused basins, and largely superior also with the average of the French basin of the the Moselle (445 millimetres with Hauconcourt downstream from Metz). The specific Flow of the river (or Qsp) reached the robust figure of 23,0 liters a second and per square kilometer of basin.

Economic activities

The valley of Rabodeau was at one time flourishing by its sawmills and its textile industries. This sector was indeed, until worms the end of the year 1960, one of the great French centers of manufacture of various textiles, primarily cotton. The brutal decline of these traditional activities generated a devitalisation and a fast depopulation of the area.

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