Rhône
Sign in to saveThe Rhône ( , ; Occitan: Ròse; Arpitan: Rôno) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lion). At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône (; ) and the Little Rhône (; ). The resulting delta forms the Camargue region.
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The Rhône is a major river that starts in the Alps and flows through France and Switzerland, passing through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. It matters because it is a significant geographic and ecological feature of the region, and near its mouth it creates the Camargue delta, a distinctive area formed where the river divides into two branches.
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- The Rhône in Lyon
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- Switzerland and France
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- Rhône Glacier
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- Obergoms, Valais, Switzerland
Article
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Navigation
- Course
- Tributaries
- History
- Postwar development
- Along the Rhône
- Switzerland
- France
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Rhône ( , ; Occitan: Ròse; Arpitan: Rôno) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lion). At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône (; ) and the Little Rhône (; ). The resulting delta forms the Camargue region.
The river's source is the Rhône Glacier, at the eastern edge of the Swiss canton of Valais. The glacier is part of the Saint-Gotthard Massif, which gives rise to three other major rivers: the Reuss, Rhine and Ticino.