The Saône is a For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A waterfall on the Ova da Fedoz, Switzerland A river is a large natural waterway. It is a specific term in the vernacular for large streams, stream being the umbrella term used in the... river of eastern The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France. It is a A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. A tributary joins another river at a confluence. When a rivers tributaries are listed... tributary of the River Rhône. Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges is a French département, named after the Vosges mountain range. History The Vosges département was created on March 4, 1790 like the 83 other original départements of France. It was made of territories formerly part of Lorraine. In 1793 the independent principality of... Vosges, it joins the Rhône at This article is about the French city. For other usages, see Lyon (disambiguation) and (as Lyons) Lyons (disambiguation). City motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) City proper ( commune) Région Rhône-Alpes Département Rhône... Lyon.

Length: 480 km

Hydrographic basin: 29,950 km²

Average flow: 410 m³/s

Départements - and major cities - traversed:

• Vosges is a French département, named after the Vosges mountain range. History The Vosges département was created on March 4, 1790 like the 83 other original départements of France. It was made of territories formerly part of Lorraine. In 1793 the independent principality of... Vosges (88)
• Haute-Saône is a French département, named after the Saône River. Categories: France geography stubs | Départements of France ... Haute-Saône (70)
• Côte-dOr is a département in the eastern part of France. History Côte-dOr was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy. Geography... Côte-d'Or (21)
• Saône-et-Loire is a French département, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers. History Geography Economy Demographics Culture Miscellaneous topics External link Conseil Général website Categories: Départements of France ... Saône-et-Loire (71) - Chalon-sur-Saône, Mâcon is a commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Saône-et-Loire département, in the Bourgogne région. Population: 36,068. Geography Mâcon is located on the Saône river. It has an area of 27.04... Mâcon
• Rhône is a French département located in eastern central France. It is named after the Rhône River. History The Rhône département was created on August 12, 1793 when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire was... Rhône (69) - Villefranche-sur-Saône, Caluire, This article is about the French city. For other usages, see Lyon (disambiguation) and (as Lyons) Lyons (disambiguation). City motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) City proper ( commune) Région Rhône-Alpes Département Rhône... Lyon

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

Main tributaries:

• Brevenne
• Doubs
• Ouche
• Reyssouze
• Tille

The name Saône derives from that of the The word Celtic can refer to: the European Celtic people, ancient or modern the Celtic languages, spoken by these people and their modern descendents the Celtic (Lusitania), Celts from the Alentejo. (See also Celtiberians for a Celtic or related people in Iberia) Celtic Football Club of Glasgow, Scotland a type... Celtic river goddess Souconna.

External link

• Waterways in France (http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/DF_waterways.shtml)
  

Saône is also a The commune is an administrative division of France. The rights and obligations of communes are governed by the Code général des collectivités territoriales (CGCT) which replaced the Code des communes (except for personnel matters) with the passage of the law of 21 February 1996 for legislation and... commune in the French The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements. Départements are also found in Côte dIvoire. Administrative role Each... département of Doubs is a département in eastern France named after the Doubs River. History Doubs was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Franche-Comté. In 1793, the republic of... Doubs.