The Durance is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is 323.2 km (200.8 mi) long. Its drainage basin is 14,472 km2 (5,588 sq mi).
A view of the Durance south of Cavaillon with the LGV Méditerranée viaduct
The dam at the Lac de Serre-Ponçon
Durance Valley at Les Mées, in the northern part of Plateau de Valensole [fr]. In the background is the Mourre de Chanier [fr] mountain. The EDF Canal is the thin white line in the distance between the tree line and the base of the hills.
The Durance, close to Avignon
The Rhône is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône and the Little Rhône. The resulting delta forms the Camargue region.
The Rhône in Lyon
The source of the Rhône, at the foot of the Rhône Glacier, above Oberwald.
Mouth of the Rhone
Pont du Mont-Blanc in Geneva, marking the outflow from Lake Geneva (right)