Vallière (river)
Vallière | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Revigny |
• coordinates | 46°37′25″N 05°36′28″E / 46.62361°N 5.60778°E |
• elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Solnan |
• coordinates | 46°37′09″N 05°13′22″E / 46.61917°N 5.22278°ECoordinates: 46°37′09″N 05°13′22″E / 46.61917°N 5.22278°E |
• elevation | 177 m (581 ft) |
Length | 50.9 km (31.6 mi) |
Basin size | 250 km2 (97 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 5 m3/s (180 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Solnan→ Seille→ Saône→ Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea |
The Vallière (French: la Vallière) is a 50.9-kilometre (31.6 mi) long river in the Jura and Saône-et-Loire departments in eastern France.[1] Its source is in the steephead valley of Revigny, in the Jura Mountains. It flows generally west. It is a right tributary of the Solnan, into which it flows between Bruailles and Louhans.
Departments and communes along its course[]
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
- Jura: Revigny, Conliège, Montaigu, Perrigny, Lons-le-Saunier, Montmorot, Courlans, Courlaoux, Condamine,
- Saône-et-Loire: Savigny-en-Revermont, Flacey-en-Bresse, Sagy, Saint-Martin-du-Mont, Bruailles, Louhans,
References[]
Categories:
- Tributaries of the Seille (Saône)
- Rivers of France
- Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Rivers of Jura (department)
- Rivers of Saône-et-Loire
- Jura (department) geography stubs
- Saône-et-Loire geography stubs
- France river stubs