The Saône is a river of eastern France. It is a tributary of the River Rhône. Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges, it joins the Rhône at Lyon.

Length: 480 km

Hydrographic basin: 29,950 km²

Average flow: 410 m³/s

Départements - and major cities - traversed:

• Vosges (88)
• Haute-Saône (70)
• Côte-d'Or (21)
• Saône-et-Loire (71) - Chalon-sur-Saône, Mâcon
• Rhône (69) - Villefranche-sur-Saône , Caluire , Lyon

Note: the names of two of these départements include that of the river.

Main tributaries:

• Brevenne
• Doubs
• Ouche
• Reyssouze
• Tille

The name Saône derives from that of the Celtic river goddess Souconna.

External link

• Waterways in France
  

Saône is also a commune in the French département of Doubs.