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The Allaine ( (f), in its lower course ''l'Allan'' (m), () is a 65 km long river in northwestern Switzerland and eastern France. Its source is above the village Charmoille, in the Swiss Jura mountains. Downstream from its confluence with the Bourbeuse and the Canal du Rhône au Rhin, near Méziré, it is called the Allan. It is a right tributary of the Doubs, which it joins a few km downstream from Montbéliard, where it takes the Savoureuse with it, a river with its sources in the southern Vosges.

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River.name
Allaine
River.name_other
l'Allan (m, lower course)
River.image
Porrentruy rivero Allaine 037.JPG
River.image_caption
The Allaine in Porrentruy
River.map
Allaine.png
River.source1_location
Above Charmoille near Porrentruy in the Swiss Jura mountains
River.mouth_location
Doubs near Montbéliard
River.subdivision_type1
Countries
River.subdivision_name1
Switzerland, France

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Elevation
308
Image
Allaine.JPG
Length
41
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Commons category
Allaine
watershed area
322
discharge
22
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The Allaine ( (f), in its lower course ''l'Allan'' (m), () is a 65 km long river in northwestern Switzerland and eastern France. Its source is above the village Charmoille, in the Swiss Jura mountains. Downstream from its confluence with the Bourbeuse and the Canal du Rhône au Rhin, near Méziré, it is called the Allan. It is a right tributary of the Doubs, which it joins a few km downstream from Montbéliard, where it takes the Savoureuse with it, a river with its sources in the southern Vosges.

The Allaine/Allan flows through the following cantons, departments and towns: Canton of Jura (CH): Charmoille, Porrentruy Territoire de Belfort (F): Delle, Grandvillars Doubs (F): Montbéliard

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