Var (river)
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| Country | France |
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• location | Mediterranean Sea |
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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 114 km (71 mi) long.[1] Its drainage basin is 2,812 km2 (1,086 sq mi).[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).Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
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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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Var (Y6--0200)".
- ^ Bassin versant : Var (Le), Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pourquoi le fleuve du Var ne coule-t-il pas dans le département du même nom ?". www.cnews.fr (in français). 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.m'intéresse, L'équipe Ça (2021-04-24). "Pourquoi le fleuve Var ne coule-t-il pas dans le département du Var ?". Ça m'intéresse (in français). Retrieved 2025-04-06.
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
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