Title: Saône Content: 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. 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 and a drainage basin with an area of . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or in the Metropolitan Lyon. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:200 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:50 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:Jan text:Jan. bar:Feb text:Feb. bar:Mar text:Mar. bar:Apr text:Apr. bar:May text:May bar:Jun text:Jun. bar:Jul text:Jul. bar:Aug text:Aug. bar:Sep text:Sep. bar:Oct text:Oct. bar:Nov text:Nov. bar:Dec text:Dec. PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:Jan from:0 till: 754.0 bar:Feb from:0 till: 943.0 bar:Mar from:0 till: 612.0 bar:Apr from:0 till: 531.0 bar:May from:0 till: 430.0 bar:Jun from:0 till: 300.0 bar:Jul from:0 till: 196.0 bar:Aug from:0 till: 160.0 bar:Sep from:0 till: 166.0 bar:Oct from:0 till: 320.0 bar:Nov from:0 till: 466.0 bar:Dec from:0 till: 799.0 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 754.0 fontsize:S text: 754.0 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 943.0 fontsize:S text: 943.0 shift:(-13,5) bar:Mar at: 612.0 fontsize:S text: 612.0 shift:(-13,5) bar:Apr at: 531.0 fontsize:S text: 531.0 shift:(-13,5) bar:May at: 430.0 fontsize:S text: 430.0 shift:(-13,5) bar:Jun at: 300.0 fontsize:S text: 300.0 shift:(-13,5) bar:Jul at: 196.0 fontsize:S text: 196.0 shift:(-13,5) bar:Aug at: 160.0 fontsize:S text: 160.0 shift:(-13,5) bar:Sep at: 166.0 fontsize:S text: 166.0 shift:(-13,5) bar:Oct at: 320.0 fontsize:S text: 320.0 shift:(-13,5) bar:Nov at: 466.0 fontsize:S text: 466.0 shift:(-13,5) bar:Dec at: 799.0 fontsize:S text: 799.0 shift:(-13,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or (13 years) ===Course=== The Saône river starts in the commune of Vioménil in the Vosges department, at an altitude of about . 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: * Grand Est region ** Vosges department: Darney, Monthureux-sur-Saône, Châtillon-sur-Saône. * Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region ** Haute-Saône: Jonvelle, Corre, Jussey, Port-sur-Saône, Scey-sur- Saône, Gray; ** Côte-d'Or: Auxonne, Saint-Jean-de-Losne, Seurre; ** Saône-et- Loire: Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, Chalon-sur-Saône, Tournus, Mâcon, Crêches-sur- Saône. * Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ** Ain: Thoissey, Jassans-Riottier, Trévoux; ** Rhône: Belleville-sur-Saône, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Anse; ** Metropolitan Lyon: Neuville-sur-Saône, Fontaines-sur-Saône, Caluire-et-Cuire, Lyon, La Mulatière. The Saône river flows into the Rhône river as a right tributary in the city of Lyon. == Main tributaries == The main tributaries, over 40 km long, of the Saône river are: 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== File:Vioménil3.jpg|The source of the Saône in Vioménil. File:Gray-La Saône depuis le pont neuf.jpg|The Saône in Gray. File:View over the Saône, Lyon.jpg|View over the Saône, Lyon. File:Lyon-quais- Saône-pont-La-Feuillée-nord-nuit.jpg|The Saône river in Lyon by night. File:Confluence Saône and Doubs (Saône-et-Loire, France) - panoramio.jpg|Confluence of Saône and Doubs rivers. ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France