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It has a drainage basin of 676 square kilometers (261\u00a0sq\u00a0mi). The river is formed from the confluence of the Dranse d’Entremont and the Dranse de Bagnes at the village of Sembrancher. Further upriver the Dranse d’Entremont splits into the Dranse d’Entremont and the Dranse de Ferret.Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Geography[edit]Gallery[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]In 57\/56 BC Julius Caesar sent Servius Galba with the Twelfth Legion and some cavalry to open the Great St Bernard Pass. The legion fought the Veragri at the village of Octodurus along the Drance river and drove them across the river before establishing a camp near the river. The Seduni and Veragri attacked the legion camp a few days later in the Battle of Octodurus.[4] In 1349 a wooden toll bridge and dam are mentioned near La B\u00e2tiaz village (now part of Martigny).[5] In 1595 the river flooded and destroyed a chapel in La B\u00e2tiaz and damage in Bagnes.[6] In 1818 a glacial dam gave way below Gi\u00e9tro Glacier releasing 18\u00a0million cubic metres (640\u00d710^6\u00a0cu\u00a0ft) of water into the river, killing 44 people and destroying many structures along the river. The last covered bridge in use in Valais today was built in 1829 to replace a bridge over the Drance which was destroyed in the 1818 flood.[5]On 26 July 2006 the Drance flooded destroying a 400\u00a0m (1,300\u00a0ft) section of railway track and derailing a St. Bernard Express train. All 34 passengers and the conductor of the train were uninjured. The floods also forced several thousand to evacuate in Martigny and other villages along the river.[7]Geography[edit]The Drance river is an alpine river mostly fed by glacial runoff. High in the Alps it is fed by numerous small streams that run down the surrounding mountains. The river flows into the Rhone river near the village of Martigny. About 14.5 kilometers (9.0\u00a0mi) upriver at Sembrancher, the river splits into the Dranse d’Entremont and the Dranse de Bagnes. Continuing upstream past Sembrancher the Dranse d’Entremont rises to the south. At Orsi\u00e8res it splits into the Dranse d’Entremont and the Dranse de Ferret. The Dranse d’Entremont passes through Lac des Toules before reaching its source near the Great St Bernard Pass. The Dranse de Ferret continues south until it reaches the Lacs de Fen\u00eatre on the western slope of the Pointe de Dr\u00f4ne. The Dranse de Bagnes rises to the east and then south east, passing through Lac de Mauvoisin, before reaching its source at the Brenay Glacier.[8]Location of the Drance in ValaisGallery[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/drance-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Drance – Wikipedia"}}]}]