Doubs

Also known as Doubs river, Doubs River, Le Doubs

river in Switzerland and France

Key facts

Native name: Dubs ( Arpitan )
Countries: France Switzerland
Location: Mouthe , Jura mountains
Coordinates: 46°42′17″N 6°12′34″E / 46.70472°N 6.20944°E / 46.70472; 6.20944 ( source Doubs )
Elevation: 946 m (3,104 ft)
Length: 453 kilometres (281 mi)
Basin size: 7,500 km (2,900 sq mi)
Average: 176 m /s (6,200 cu ft/s)
Progression: Saône → Rhône → Mediterranean Sea
Left: Loue
Right: Allan
Lakes: Lac de Saint-Point , Lac des Brenets , Lac de Moron

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Wikidata facts

Image: Doubs Laissey.jpg
Length: 453

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discharge: 176
Commons category: Doubs River
Commons gallery: Doubs River
watershed area: 7710

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The Doubs (/duː/ doo; French: [du] ; Arpitan: Dubs; German: Dub (obsolete)) is a 453-kilometre (281 mi) 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 metres (3,104 ft) and its mouth is at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, a village and commune in Saône-et-Loire at about 175 m (574 ft) above sea level. It is the tenth-longest river in France.

The most populous settlement of the basin lies on its banks, Besançon. Its course includes a small waterfall and a 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) narrow lake.