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The River Rhône ( Latin Rhodanus,
French Rhône, Occitan Rose, German Rotten) is one of the major rivers (ca. 800 km [500 miles] long) of Europe, running through Switzerland and France.It rises near the Rhône glacier in Valais, Switzerland, in the Saint-Gotthard massif , at an altitude of 1753 m.
Up to Martigny, the Rhône is a torrent, and then becomes a great mountain river running SW through a glacier valley. Then, it turns NW to exit the Alps and flows west through Lake Geneva (French Lac Leman) before entering France.
It is joined by the river Saône at Lyon, before going south.
At ArlesMediterranean, showing location of Arles Arles Arle in Provencal) is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhone departement of which it is a sous-prefecture in the former province of Provence. Geography The Rhone river divides itself in two ar, the Rhône divides itself in two arms, forming the CamargueThe Camargue is the land south of Arles, France, between the two arms of the Rhone delta and the Mediterranean Sea. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhone the western one is the Petit Rhone''. A further expanse of marshy plain, the Petite Camargue (lit deltaA delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated. Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-laden rivers are c, with all branches flowing into the Mediterranean SeaThe Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. 5 million km². The term Mediterranean derives from the Latin mediterraneus 'inland' mediu. One arm is called the "Grand Rhône", the other one is the "Petit Rhône".
Though not the longest, the Rhône is the fastest and most powerful river in France.
An average of 1800 m3/s of water pours into the Mediterranean at its delta. This puts it at number 48 in the world ranking. However, heavy rain can cause the river to swell to dangerous proportions. For example, the rate was 11,000 m3/s at Beaucaire in January 1994.
Cities and towns along the river Rhône include:
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