Gorges Du Guiers Vif
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The Gorges du Guiers Vif (or Gorges du Frou) is a
canyon A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
located in
Isère Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.Savoie between the towns of
Corbel In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the s ...
and
Saint-Christophe-sur-Guiers Saint-Christophe-sur-Guiers (, literally ''Saint-Christophe on Guiers'') is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. La Ruchère La Ruchère, rural district, mainly famous for cross country skiing slopes, was attached to Saint- ...
, and having as tributary the
Guiers Vif The Guiers Vif (, literally ''live Guiers'') is a river in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in eastern France. It is located in the Regional Natural Park of Chartreuse, on the border between the municipalities of Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont (Isère) and Sain ...
.


Transportation

In 1994 a little road was built that directly connects Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont in Savoie to
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. It passes through the ''Gorges du Guiers Vif''. However, for driving people, it is reserved to the residents.


References

Guiers Vif The Guiers Vif (, literally ''live Guiers'') is a river in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in eastern France. It is located in the Regional Natural Park of Chartreuse, on the border between the municipalities of Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont (Isère) and Sain ...
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