Saône

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name = Saône
native_name = Sona
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image_caption = The Saône in Lyon by night.
country = France
country1 = Switzerland
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source = Vioménil
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source_elevation = 400
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mouth = Rhône
mouth_location = Lyon | mouth_region = | mouth_country = France
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footnotes =The Saône (IPA2|son) ("Sona" in Arpitan) is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rhône ("Rôno" in Arpitan, "Ròse" in Occitan). Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rhône in Lyon ("Liyon").

"Départements" - and major cities - traversed:
*Vosges (88) - Monthureux-sur-Saône
*Haute-Saône (70) - Gray
*Côte-d'Or (21) - Auxonne
*Saône-et-Loire (71) - Chalon-sur-Saône, Tournus, Mâcon
*Rhône (69) - Villefranche-sur-Saône, Caluire-et-Cuire, Lyon
*Ain (01) - Thoissey, Trévoux

"Note:" the names of two of these "départements" include that of the river.

Main tributaries, Right Bank (R) and Left Bank (L), downstream:
*Ognon (L) at Perrigny-sur-l'Ognon
*Tille (R) at Les Maillys
*Ouche (R) at Saint-Jean-de-Losne
*Doubs (L) at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs (in which flows the Loue)
*Dheune (R) at Allerey-sur-Saône
*Grosne (R) at Marnay
*Seille (L) at La Truchère
*Reyssouze (L) at Reyssouze
*Veyle (L) after Pont-de-Veyle
*Chalaronne (L) at Thoissey
*Morgon (R) at Villefranche-sur-Saône
*Azergues (R) at Anse (in which flows the Brévenne)

The name "Saône" derives from that of the Gallic river goddess Souconna. However, the recorded ancient name of the river was "Arar".

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/U---0000.php?cg=U---0000 The Saône at the Sandre database]

External links

* [http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/DF_waterways.shtml Waterways in France]
* [http://www.saone.org/ Saone.org : French cruising river]