Saône

The **Saône** is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône river. It starts in the Vosges department and 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.

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'''Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or (13 years)'* 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:

## 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

## References