Saône

Also known as Saone

The Saône ( , ; ; ) is a river in eastern France (modern region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté). 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.

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The Saône is a river in eastern France that flows from the Vosges mountains to join the Rhône River at Lyon. As a major tributary of the Rhône, it has historically been an important waterway in the region's geography and transportation network.

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Key facts

River.name: Saône
River.image: Lyon la Saône 03.jpg
River.image_caption: The Saône in Lyon
River.map: La Saône (rivière) - carte.png
River.map_caption: Course of the Saône
River.mapframe: yes
River.mapframe zoom: 6
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: France
River.source1: Vioménil
River.source1_location: Vosges
River.mouth: Rhône
River.mouth_location: Lyon, France
River.tributaries_left: Doubs, Lanterne
River.tributaries_right: Azergues, Morgon

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Wikidata facts

Image: Saône Tournus1.JPG
Length: 480

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watershed area: 29950
Commons category: Saône
discharge: 473.0
native label: Saône

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Article

13 sections

Contents

Terminology
Geography
Departments and cities traversed by the Saône
Main tributaries of the Saône
Navigation
Hydrology
The lesser Saône (Petite Saône)
The greater Saône (Grande Saône)
Average flow rate
Historic floods
See also
References
External links

==Terminology== The name derives from that of the Gallic river goddess Souconna, which has also been connected with a local Celtic tribe, the Sequanes. Monastic copyists progressively transformed Souconna to Saoconna, which ultimately gave rise to . The other recorded ancient names for the river were and . The name Arar later gave rise to specific regional terms in historiography, created to designate various northern parts of historical Burgundy in relation to the river Saône. Depending on the point of view of a particular author, northern Burgundian lands were thus designated whether "on this side of Saône" () or "on the other side of Saône" ().