Durance River

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river

The Durance River is a significant river in southeastern France that flows through the Alps and Provence before joining the Rhône.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Durance 2
Durance basin 2
Durance Valley 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry France ⓘ
basinRegion Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
surface form: Provence
confluenceLocation near Avignon ⓘ
country France ⓘ
drainageBasin Rhône River ⓘ
surface form: Rhône basin
flowsDirection generally southwest ⓘ
flowsNear Avignon ⓘ
Cavaillon ⓘ
Gap ⓘ
Manosque ⓘ
Sisteron ⓘ
flowsThrough Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ⓘ
surface form: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

Bouches-du-Rhône ⓘ
surface form: Bouches-du-Rhône department

Hautes-Alpes ⓘ
surface form: Hautes-Alpes department

Vaucluse department ⓘ
hasBridge Pont de Mirabeau ⓘ
hasDam Serre-Ponçon Dam ⓘ
hasTributary Bléone River ⓘ
Buëch River ⓘ
Calavon River ⓘ
Guil River ⓘ
Verdon River ⓘ
hasValley Durance River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Durance Valley
historicalRegion Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
surface form: Provence
languageNameFrench Durance River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Durance
languageNameOccitan Durença ⓘ
length approximately 305 km ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern France ⓘ
locatedInRegion Alps ⓘ
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
surface form: Provence

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
mouth Rhône River ⓘ
notableFor role in water supply for Provence ⓘ
strong seasonal flow variations ⓘ
partOf Alpine river system ⓘ
reservoir Lac de Serre-Ponçon ⓘ
sourceCountry France ⓘ
sourceLocation Cottian Alps ⓘ
near Montgenèvre ⓘ
tributaryOf Rhône River ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Comtat Venaissin → borderedBy → Durance River ⓘ
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence → contains → Durance River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durance Valley (part)
Cottian Alps → drainageBasin → Durance River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durance basin
department of Vaucluse → hasMajorRiver → Durance River ⓘ
subject surface form: Vaucluse
this entity surface form: Durance
Durance River → hasValley → Durance River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durance Valley
this entity surface form: Durance valley
Col de Larche → isOnWatershedBetween → Durance River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durance basin
Durance River → languageNameFrench → Durance River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Durance
Rhône River → majorTributary → Durance River ⓘ