The Bléone (; oc, Blèuna) is a long

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in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ''

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'', southeastern

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. Its drainage basin is .Bassin versant : Bléone (La)
Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA Its source is several small streams converging near the ''refuge de l'Estrop'', a mountain shelter in Prads-Haute-Bléone. It flows generally southwest. It is a

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of the Durance into which it flows between L'Escale and Les Mées.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Prads-Haute-Bléone,

La Javie La Javie (; oc, La Jàvia) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Geography The village lies on the right bank of the Bléone, which flows west through the southeastern part of the commune. Population ...

, Le Brusquet, Marcoux,

Digne-les-Bains Digne-les-Bains (; Occitan: ''Dinha dei Banhs''), or simply and historically Digne (''Dinha'' in the classical norm or ''Digno'' in the Mistralian norm), is the prefecture of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Cô ...

, Aiglun,

Mallemoisson Mallemoisson (; oc, Malameisson) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Geography The Bléone forms the commune's southern border. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence depar ...

Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson Le Chaffaut-St-Jurson (; oc, Lo Chafauc e Sant Jurson) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Geography The village is located at an altitude of 584 meters, in the valley of the Bléone. The differen ...

Mirabeau Mirabeau may refer to: People and characters * Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798–1859), second President of the Republic of Texas French nobility * Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (1715–1789), French physiocrat * Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, com ...

Malijai Malijai () is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Geography The village lies on the right bank of the Bléone, which forms part of the commune's western border, then flows west through the northern part ...

, L'Escale, Les Mées,

References

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