Vivey is surrounded by mountains that form one of the highest parts of the département. They are also the dividing point for the waters that lead to the Ocean and the Mediterranean. From one of the rocks overlooking Vivey, in the shape of a shell, a mass of water can often be seen gushing out after heavy rains, especially when the snow melts, from numerous outlets, forming a torrent that flows into the valley.
Today, a pavilion has been built in front of this shell, which is where the main run-off comes from (about eighteen inches in diameter, it comes out of a cavity in the rock, see opposite), but you can still see the other waterfalls along the main road, on the way out of the village, which flow in the same way (see above). Other brooklets, charming and cascading, in a rugged and mountainous landscape, come from the area around Praslay, Vivey, where an old manor house still stands, and where the natural fountains take on the appearance of torrents in mid-season. Other springs originate just about anywhere, in the immense forest of Auberive, the forest of Montaubert, the forest of Montavoir, which, when André Theuriet was a modest civil servant in Auberive, served as the setting and theme of inspiration for his many rural novels (Sous-Bois, Reine des Bois, etc.).
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