Saône

The Saône is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône river. It starts in the Vosges department amd joins the Rhône in the city of Lyon.

Saône
MouthRhône
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Length473 km (294 mi)
Mouth elevation158 m (518 ft)

Two French departments has the name of the river in their names: Haute-Saône and Saône-et-Loire, both in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

Geography

The Saône river has a length of 480 km (298.3 mi) and a drainage basin with an area of 29,950 km2 (11,564 sq mi).[1]

Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 470 m3/s (17,000 cu ft/s) at Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or in the Metropolitan Lyon.[2]

Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or (13 years)[2]

Course

The Saône river starts in the commune of Vioménil in the Vosges department, at an altitude of about 405 m (1,329 ft).[3] The river flows in general to the south-southwest.

The Saône river flows through the 3 regions and 6 departments. It flows through the following communes, among others:[1]

The Saône river flows into the Rhône river as a right tributary in the city of Lyon.[4]

Main tributaries

The main tributaries, over 40 km long, of the Saône river are:[1]

Left tributaries:

  • Côney - 55.2 km
  • Lanterne - 64.3 km
  • Durgeon - 42.4 km
  • Ognon - 213.6 km
  • Doubs - 452.8 km
  • Seille - 100 km
  • Reyssouze - 75.1 km
  • Veyle - 66.8 km
  • Chalaronne - 52.3 km

Right tributaries:

  • Amance - 46.3 km
  • Salon - 71.6 km
  • Vingeanne - 93.3 km
  • Tille - 82.7 km
  • Ouche - 95.4 km
  • Dheune - 66.7
  • Grosne - 95.6 km
  • Azergues - 61.9 km

Gallery

Saône Media

Related pages

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "La Saône (U---0000)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Retrieved 24 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "La Saône à Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or [2]". Banque Hydro (in French). Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement Durable et de l'Energie. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. "Source de la Saône" (in French). Géoportail. Retrieved 24 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. "Embouchure de la Saône" (in French). Géoportail. Retrieved 24 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)