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Also known as Ouveze

The Ouvèze (; ) is a river in southern France and left tributary of the Rhône. It rises in the southern French Prealps (the Baronnies), in the commune of Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze. It flows into the Rhône in Sorgues, north of Avignon. Its length is . Its drainage basin is . The Sorgue is one of its tributaries.

Key facts

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Ouvèze
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BridgeVaison.jpg
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Roman bridge over the Ouvèze in Vaison-la-Romaine.
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French Prealps
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Rhône
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Country
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France

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The Ouvèze (; ) is a river in southern France and left tributary of the Rhône. It rises in the southern French Prealps (the Baronnies), in the commune of Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze. It flows into the Rhône in Sorgues, north of Avignon. Its length is . Its drainage basin is . The Sorgue is one of its tributaries.

The Ouvèze passes through the following départements and towns: Drôme: Buis-les-Baronnies, Mollans-sur-Ouvèze Vaucluse: Vaison-la-Romaine, Bédarrides, Sorgues

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ouvèze” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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