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d’Entremont, near Botirg St. Pierre, where the Society 
for the protection of Alpine plants have established a 
very interesting Alpine garden, and (Fig. 63) those 
further down the valley near La Douay. 
The uppermost of these terraces is at a height 
of 2200 metres. The col leading to the Vallee de 
Fig. 63. — Cross section of the Valley of the Dranse, between the Valley 
of Champey, Sembranchier and Orsieres. 
Champey is at a height of about 1500 metres, and 
until the river had reached a lower level than this, 
the waters of the Dranse followed what the map 
shows was their natural course down the Vallee de 
Champey. Eventually, however, the Orsieres branch 
of the Dranse de Bagne cut its valley back and 
carried off the upper waters to join the Dranse de 
