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The Saône (French pronunciation: [soːn];[1] Arpitan Sona) is a river o eastren Fraunce. It is a richt tributary o the River Rhône. Risin at Vioménil in the Vosges depairtment, it jyns the Rhône in Lyon.
Saône (Sona) | |
River | |
The Saône in Lyon bi nicht. | |
Kintras | Fraunce, Swisserland |
---|---|
Tributaries | |
- left | Doubs, Lanterne |
- right | Azergues, Morgon |
Soorce | Vioménil |
- location | Vosges |
- elevation | 392 m (1,286 ft) |
- coordinates | 48.094444°N 6.181944°E |
Mooth | Rhône |
- location | Lyon, France |
- elevation | 158 m (518 ft) |
- coordinates | 45°43′39″N 4°49′4″E |
Lenth | 473 km (294 mi) |
Area | 29,950 km2 (11,564 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 410 m3/s (14,479 cu ft/s) |
The name "Saône" derives frae that o the Gallic river goddess Souconna, which haes also been connectit wi a local Celtic tribe, the Sequanes. Monastic copyists progressively transformed "Souconna" tae "Saoconna", which ultimately gae rise tae "Saône". The ither recordit auncient names for the river wur Brigoulus an Arar.
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