Paillon
Sign in to savethumb|The Paillon near the Palais des Congrès Acropolis, during a flood The Paillon (; Nissard Occitan: Palhon) is a coastal river of the Alpes-Maritimes that flows into the Mediterranean Sea in Nice, near the old district. It is long. Its drainage basin is . Its source is north of Lucéram. It flows generally south, through L'Escarène, Peillon, Drap (where it meets its main tributary Paillon de Contes), La Trinité, and finally Nice.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in river, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Coastal basins of the Mediterranean Sea in France, Rivers of Alpes-Maritimes and Rivers of France.
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Key facts
- River.name
- Paillon
- River.image
- Paillon contes.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Paillon in Contes
- River.map
- Paillon.png
- River.mouth
- Mediterranean Sea
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- France
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Image
- Paillon contes.jpg
- Length
- 36.3
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- Commons category
- Paillon (Nice)
- mouth of the watercourse
- Mediterranean Sea
- watershed area
- 95
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thumb|The Paillon near the Palais des Congrès Acropolis, during a flood The Paillon (; Nissard Occitan: Palhon) is a coastal river of the Alpes-Maritimes that flows into the Mediterranean Sea in Nice, near the old district. It is long. Its drainage basin is . Its source is north of Lucéram. It flows generally south, through L'Escarène, Peillon, Drap (where it meets its main tributary Paillon de Contes), La Trinité, and finally Nice.
Being a typical Mediterranean river with low water level throughout the year but with the autumn and winter rains can turn violent with damaging floods.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paillon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations
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