Var (river)

The Var () is a river in southeastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône river.It gave its name to the French department of Var. It is a unique case in France of a river not flowing in the department named after it (see Var)

Geography
The Var 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 Nice (Pont Napoléon III) in the Alpes-Maritimes department.

Course
The source of the Var is in the small town of Estenc, in the commune of Entraunes, at an altitude of about , to the south of the Col de la Cayolle, a mountain pass  high, in the Alpes-Maritimes department. From here, the Var flows, in general, to the southeast.

The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department for most of its length; it flows through the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department for a short distance, about .

The Var river flows through 1 region (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur),  2 departments and 31 communes. It flows through the following communes, among others:
Alpes-Maritimes: Guillaumes
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: Entrevaux
Alpes-Maritimes: Puget-Théniers, Carros, Saint-Laurent-du-Var

Finally, it flows into the Mediterranean Sea between Nice and Saint-Laurent-du-Var.

Main tributaries
The five main tributaries of the Var river are:

Left tributaries:
 Cians - 25 km
 Tinée - 75 km
 Vésubie - 48 km

Right tributaries:
 Coulomp - 20 km
 Estéron - 66.7 km

Related pages
 List of rivers of France

References

Category:Rivers of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur