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== Hydrography == | == Hydrography == | ||
The Var rises near the [[Col de la Cayolle]] (2,326 m/7,631 ft), located in the [[Mercantour National Park|Parc National du Mercantour]] in the [[Maritime Alps | The Var rises near the [[Col de la Cayolle]] (2,326 m/7,631 ft), located in the [[Mercantour National Park|Parc National du Mercantour]] in the [[Maritime Alps]].The river flows generally southeast to its outflow into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] between [[Nice]] and [[Saint-Laurent-du-Var]]. Its main tributaries are the [[Cians]], the [[Tinée]], the [[Vésubie]], the [[Coulomp]], the [[Estéron]], the [[Tuébi]], the [[Chalvagne]], the [[Barlatte]], the [[Bourdous]] and the [[Roudoule]].<ref name="sandre" /> | ||
The Var flows through the following départements and towns: | The Var flows through the following départements and towns: | ||
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The Var (Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a river located in the southeast of France. It is Template:Convert long.[1] Its drainage basin is Template:Convert.[2]
The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes département for most of its length, with a short (~15 km or ~9 mi) stretch in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département. It is a unique case in France of a river not flowing in the département named after it (see Var). This is the result of the Nice Préfecture being too small to be considered a département by itself in the administrative reshuffling of 1860.[3] Hence, some land had to be taken out of neighbouring Var region causing the eponymous département to lose its namesake.[4]
Until the beginning of the 19th century, the river had no bridges; it was the border between France and the County of Nice, then part of Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.
Name
The river name is attested in Latin as Vārus and in Ancient Greek as Ouãros (Οὐᾶρος). It stems from the Indo-European root *uōr- (earlier *uer-), meaning 'water, river' (cf. Sanskrit vār, Old Norse vari).Template:Sfn
Hydrography
The Var rises near the Col de la Cayolle (2,326 m/7,631 ft), located in the Parc National du Mercantour in the Maritime Alps.The river flows generally southeast to its outflow into the Mediterranean Sea between Nice and Saint-Laurent-du-Var. Its main tributaries are the Cians, the Tinée, the Vésubie, the Coulomp, the Estéron, the Tuébi, the Chalvagne, the Barlatte, the Bourdous and the Roudoule.[1]
The Var flows through the following départements and towns:
- Alpes-Maritimes: Guillaumes
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: Entrevaux
- Alpes-Maritimes: Puget-Théniers, Carros, Saint-Laurent-du-Var
References
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- ↑ Bassin versant : Var (Le), Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA
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