The Aigues (), Aigue, Aygues or Eygues is a French
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
, a tributary of the
Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...
Drôme
Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019.
,
Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes (; oc, Auts Aups; en, Upper Alps) is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population of 141,220 ...
and
Vaucluse
Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label= Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.Baronnies mountains. It flows through
Verclause
Verclause (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Verclausa'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Drôme department
The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of Franc ...
,
Sahune
Sahune (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Saüna'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Drôme department
The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France.
Th ...
,
Nyons
Nyons (; See mistralian norm, and classical norm of Provençal.) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
History
Nyons was settled in the 6th century BC as ''Nyrax'' by a Gallic tribe, probably the Segusiavi or the Se ...
, and it flows into the Rhône at Caderousse. It is long. Its drainage basin is .Bassin versant : Aygues-Eygues (L') Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA
Several spellings of the name are in use: the French national map service
Géoportail
Géoportail is a comprehensive web mapping service of the French government that publishes maps and geophysical aerial photographs from more than 90 sources for France and its territories. The service, first developed by two public agencies (the ...
shows both "l'Aigues" and "l'Aygues" on maps of the same area near
Orange
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
*Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
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, and the village name of Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues preserves another variant.
Among its tributaries is the Lauzon.