River mouth Saône
170 m (560 ft) Length 52 km Country France | Basin size 175 km (68 sq mi) Mouth Saône | |
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Main source Lapeyrouse
280 m (920 ft) Progression Saône→ Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea Discharge Average rate:
1.01 m/s (36 cu ft/s) | ||
The Chalaronne (French: la Chalaronne) is a 52 km (32 mi) long river in the Ain département, eastern France. Its source is at Lapeyrouse, in the Dombes. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Saône into which it flows between Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne and Thoissey.
Contents
Map of La Chalaronne, France
Communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth: Lapeyrouse, Birieux, Villars-les-Dombes, Bouligneux, La Chapelle-du-Châtelard, Marlieux, Saint-Germain-sur-Renon, Sandrans, Romans, Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, L'Abergement-Clémenciat, Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne, Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne, Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne, Thoissey,
References
Chalaronne Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA