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Versoix (river)

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Basin size
  
89 km (34 sq mi)

Source
  
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Length
  
23 km

Mouth
  
Versoix (river) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Main source
  
Jura Mountains of Ain (France)600 m (2,000 ft)

River mouth
  
Lake Geneva at Versoix (Switzerland)372 m (1,220 ft)

Progression
  
Discharge
  
Average rate:3.2 m/s (110 cu ft/s)

The Versoix is a river in France and in Switzerland. It is a 22.8 kilometres (14.2 mi) tributary of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman).

Map of Versoix, Switzerland

The river begins in the Jura Mountains in Ain, France as Rivière la Divonne. It flows eastward through Divonne-les-Bains and Lac de Divonne approaching the Canton of Vaud. From there it turns southward toward form 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) of the France–Switzerland border, entering the Canton of Geneva and continuing eastward toward Versoix where it enters the lake.

References

Versoix (river) Wikipedia


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