Rhone
river in Swisserland an Fraunce / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For ither uises, see Rhone (disambiguation).
The Rhone (French: Rhône, IPA: [ʁon]; German: Rhone; Walliser German: Rotten; Italian: Rodano; Arpitan: Rôno; Occitan: Ròse) is ane o the major rivers o Europe, risin in Swisserland an runnin frae thare through sootheastren Fraunce. At Arles, near its mooth on the Mediterranean Sea, the river divides intae twa branches, kent as the Great Rhone (French: Grand Rhône) an the Little Rhone (Petit Rhône). The resultin delta constitutes the Camargue region.
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View ower the Rhône flowin frae Valais intae Loch Geneva | |
Native name | French: le Rhône |
Ither name(s) | German: Rhone |
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Main source | Rhône Glacier Valais, Swisserland 2,208 m (7,244 ft) |
River mooth | Mediterranean Sea Fraunce 0 m (0 ft) 43°19′51″N 4°50′44″E |
Basin size | 98,000 km2 (38,000 sq mi) |
Pheesical chairacteristics | |
Lenth | 813 km (505 mi) |
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In French, the adjective derived frae the river is rhodanien, as in le sillon rhodanien (literally "the furrow o the Rhone"), which is the name o the lang, straicht Saône an Rhone river valleys, a deep cleft runnin due sooth tae the Mediterranean an separatin the Alps frae the Massif Central.