Saône

The Saône is a river of eastern France. It is a tributary of the River Rhône. Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges, it joins the Rhône at Lyon.

Related Topics:
River - France - Tributary - Rhône - Vioménil - Vosges - Lyon

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:Length: 480 km

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:Hydrographic basin: 29,950 km²

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:Average flow: 410 m³/s

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Départements - and major cities - traversed:

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• Vosges (88)
• Haute-Saône (70)
• Côte-d'Or (21)
• Saône-et-Loire (71) - Chalon-sur-Saône, Mâcon
• Rhône (69) - Villefranche-sur-Saône, Caluire, Lyon

Note: the names of two of these départements include that of the river.

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Main tributaries:

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• Brevenne
• Doubs
• Ouche
• Reyssouze
• Tille

The name Saône derives from that of the Celtic river goddess Souconna. However, the recorded ancient name of the river was Arar.

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