Also known as Var River
river in Southern France
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Location
- Maritime Alps
- Elevation
- 1,800 m (5,900 ft)
- Length
- 114 km (71 mi)
- Basin size
- 2,812 km (1,086 mi )
- Average
- 50 to 100 m /s (1,800 to 3,500 cu ft/s)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Le Var 2.jpg
- Length
- 114
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- Commons category
- Var River
- watershed area
- 2820
- discharge
- 49.4
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The Var ( French: [vaʁ] , Occitan: [ˈbaɾ]; Italian: Varo; Latin: Varus) is a river located in the southeast of France. It is 114 km (71 mi) long. Its drainage basin is 2,812 km (1,086 sq mi).
The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes département for most of its length, with a short (~15 km or ~9 mi) stretch in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département. It is a unique case in France of a river not flowing in the département named after it (see Var). This is the result of the Nice Préfecture being too small to be considered a département by itself in the administrative reshuffling of 1860. Hence, some land had to be taken out of neighbouring Var region causing the eponymous département to lose its namesake.