Rhone

For ither uises, see Rhone (disambiguation).

Rhône
View ower the Rhône flowin frae Valais intae Loch Geneva
Native name	French: le Rhône
Ither name(s)	German: Rhone
Basin
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)
Dischairge	Minimum rate: 360 m3/s (13,000 cu ft/s) Average rate: 1,710 m3/s (60,000 cu ft/s) Maximum rate: 13,000 m3/s (460,000 cu ft/s)

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.

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.

Freemit airtins

• InfoRhone Navigation an river condeetions
• CNR Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Rhone Authority
• Rhone guide Places, ports an moorins on the Grand Rhone.
• Petit Rhone guide Places an moorins on the Petit Rhone.
• The Rhone-Mediterranean page o EauFrance
• Watterways in Fraunce