Saône
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The Saône is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île.
The Saône in Lyon
Scenic view of the banks of the Saône in Lyon, showing Lyon Cathedral, the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière and the Tour métallique de Fourvière (both in the background)
Bridge over the Saône at Tournus
View over the Saône, Lyon city centre
Doubs (river)
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The Doubs is a 453-kilometre river in far eastern France which strays into western Switzerland. It is a left-bank tributary of the Saône. It rises near Mouthe in the western Jura mountains, at 946 met
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…1,286 ft); it flows into the Rhône at Lyon at an elevation of 158 metres (518 ft). Its length is 473 kilometres (294 mi). Its largest tributary is the Doubs; upstream of receiving the Doubs at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs in Saône-et-Loire, the Saône is called the "Petite Saône" (lesser Saône), which reflects the…
The Doubs upstream of Besançon, amid richly-forested high hills
The Saut du Doubs
Course of the Doubs
The Lac de Brenets