Saône
For the commune in the Doubs department, France, see Saône, Doubs. The Saône (IPA: [son]) (Sona in Arpitan) is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rhône (Rôno in Arpitan, Ròse in Occitan). Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rhône in Lyon (Liyon).
Départements - and major cities - traversed:
Note: the names of two of these départements include that of the river.
Main tributaries, Right Bank (R) and Left Bank (L), downstream:
The name Saône derives from that of the Gallic river goddess Souconna. However, the recorded ancient name of the river was Arar.
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