Title: Drôme (river) Content: The Drôme  is a river in southeastern France. It is a left tributary of the Rhône river. It gives its name to the French department of Drôme. ==Geography== The Drôme 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 Saillans in the Drôme department. 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:30 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:10 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5 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: 19.60 bar:Feb from:0 till: 23.50 bar:Mar from:0 till: 24.80 bar:Apr from:0 till: 28.80 bar:May from:0 till: 26.30 bar:Jun from:0 till: 14.20 bar:Jul from:0 till: 6.350 bar:Aug from:0 till: 4.050 bar:Sep from:0 till: 6.460 bar:Oct from:0 till: 12.50 bar:Nov from:0 till: 20.80 bar:Dec from:0 till: 19.90 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 19.60 fontsize:S text: 19.60 shift:(-9,5) bar:Feb at: 23.50 fontsize:S text: 23.50 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 24.80 fontsize:S text: 24.80 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 28.80 fontsize:S text: 28.80 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 26.30 fontsize:S text: 26.30 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 14.20 fontsize:S text: 14.20 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 6.350 fontsize:S text: 6.350 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 4.050 fontsize:S text: 4.050 shift:(-12,5) bar:Sep at: 6.460 fontsize:S text: 6.460 shift:(-12,5) bar:Oct at: 12.50 fontsize:S text: 12.50 shift:(-12,5) bar:Nov at: 20.80 fontsize:S text: 20.80 shift:(-12,5) bar:Dec at: 19.90 fontsize:S text: 19.90 shift:(-12,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Saillans (108 years) ===Course=== The Drôme starts in the Col de Carabès, in the western foothills of the Alps, in the commune of La Bâtie-des-Fonds, (Drôme department), at an altitude of about . From here, the Drôme flows first to the northwest and then to the west. The Drôme river flows within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, 2 departments and 37 communes. It flows through the following communes, among others: * Drôme : Valdrôme, Luc-en-Diois, Die, Saillans, Allex, Crest, Loriol-sur-Drôme, Livron-sur-Drôme * Ardèche : Le Pouzin (at its confluence) Finally, it flows into the Rhône river in the commune of Loriol-sur-Drôme, on the border with the Ardèche department. File:Luc en Diois - Drôme 6.JPG|The Drôme river in Luc-en-Diois. File:Drôme.jpg|The Drôme river near Crest. File:Vue en aval du pont d'Aouste.jpg|The Drôme in Aouste-sur-Sye. File:Confluence de la drôme et de Rhone vu des hauteurs du Pouzin (Ardeche).JPG|Confluence of the Drôme and the Rhône ==Main tributaries== The main tributaries of the Drôme river are: Left tributaries: * Roanne - 33.9 km Right tributaries: * Bez - 25.4 km * Gervanne - 29.9 km ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France