The Drac (French pronunciation: [dʁak]) is a 130-kilometre (81 mi) long river in southeastern France.

The catchment area of the river is 3,599 square kilometres (1,390 sq mi),[2] which has an average rainfall of 859 millimetres (33.8 in).

In many legends the drac, in Occitan, is a genius of evil waters or a form of Satan that attracts children to drown.

[4] Frédéric Mistral wrote in Félibrige Treasury:[4] Drac of the Rhone was a winged monster and amphibian which carried on the body of a reptile the shoulders and the head of a beautiful young man.

He lived the bottom of the river where he tried to attract, to devour it, the imprudent ones gained by the softness of its voice.In December 1995, six children and their teacher were drowned in the river after the level of water rose due to the opening of the valves of a dam.