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Encyclopedia > Doubs River
Doubs
The Doubs in Switzerland.
Origin Jura mountains
Mouth Saône
Basin countries France, Switzerland
Length 430 km
Source elevation 937 m
Avg. discharge 176 m³/s
Basin area 7,500 km²

The Doubs is a 430 km long river in eastern France and western Switzerland, left tributary of the Saône. Its source is near Mouthe in the western Jura mountains. First it flows north-east, more or less along the French-Swiss border (forming the border for approx. 40 km). Near Montbéliard it turns south-west, until it flows into the river Saône in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, approx. 20 km north-east of Chalon-sur-Saône. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 1010 KB)This picture was taken by User:N.hong. ... [[ == Headline text == This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Looking towards Lelex from near to Crêt de la Neige The Jura folds are located north of the main Alpine orogenic front and are being continually deformed, accommodating the northwards compression from Alpine folding. ... The Saône is a river of eastern France. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... [[ == Headline text == This article does not cite its references or sources. ... In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ... For other uses, see River (disambiguation). ... The Saône is a river of eastern France. ... Looking towards Lelex from near to Crêt de la Neige The Jura folds are located north of the main Alpine orogenic front and are being continually deformed, accommodating the northwards compression from Alpine folding. ... Montbéliard is a commune in the Doubs département of the Franche-Comté région, in eastern France. ... The Saône is a river of eastern France. ... Chalon-sur-Saône is part of the Burgundy region, it was once a well known river port, as a point to distribute local wines up and down the Saône river. ...


The Doubs flows through the following départements, cantons and cities: The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ...

Trbutaries include: Doubs is a département in eastern France named after the Doubs River. ... Pontarlier is a commune of northeastern France, sous-préfecture of the Doubs département. ... Neuchâtel is a canton of Switzerland. ... The Canton of Jura is the newest (created in 1979) of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. ... Saint Ursanne (population approximately 1,000) is a city and a commune of the canton of the Jura, Switzerland which has preserved its medieval character. ... Doubs is a département in eastern France named after the Doubs River. ... Montbéliard is a commune in the Doubs département of the Franche-Comté région, in eastern France. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Utinam (Latin: If God wills) Citadel Vauban of Besançon Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Franche-Comté Department Doubs (25) Intercommunality Grand Besançon Mayor Jean-Louis Fousseret  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 65. ... Jura is a department in the east of France named after the Jura mountains (not be confused with the Swiss canton of Jura). ... View of Dole Dole is a commune in the Jura département in France, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... Saône-et-Loire is a French département, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies. ...

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List of rivers of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (617 words)
Ticino River - 91 km - 1'616 km²
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Reuss River - 158 km - 3,425 km² (in Brugg)
Doubs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (310 words)
As early as the 13th century, inhabitants of the northern two-thirds of Doubs spoke the Franc-Comtois language, a dialect of Langue d'Oïl.
Residents of the southern third of Doubs spoke a dialect of the Franco-Provençal language.
Doubs is part of the current region of Franche-Comté and is surrounded by the French départements of Jura, Haute-Saône, and Territoire de Belfort, and the Swiss cantons of Vaud, Neuchâtel, and Jura.
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