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Upstream
Barcelonnette
Ubaye
Airport
Saint Pons
Uvernet Fours
Les Thuiles
Roads and buildings
Ubaye River
Downstream
Fig. 4.2
Ubaye River with flood plain area
4.4 Climate
The Barcelonnette Basin is affected by a Mediterranean marine influence, mod-
erated by a mild continental mountain climate. The orographic influence causes
precipitation to increase with an elevation typically in the form of an ''attenuated
Mediterranean regime'' [
6
].
The basin has a dry and mountainous Mediterranean climate (OMIV) with
strong interannual rainfall variability. The measurement station is located in the
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