The Cians is a mountain river that flows through the

Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; oc, Aups Maritims; it, Alpi Marittime, "Maritime Alps") is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, ...

department of southeastern

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. It is long. Its drainage basin is .Bassin versant : Cians (Le)
Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA Its source is in the mountains north of

Beuil Beuil (; oc, Buelh; it, Boglio) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Geography Beuil is a village located in the Maritime Alps, away from Nice. It is the gateway to the Mercantour National Park. A stop-off ...

, and it flows into the Var in Touët-sur-Var. Paréidolie Cians

The Cians flows through the following communes: * Beuil, Rigaud, Pierlas, Thiéry, Touët-sur-Var. This river runs through a canyon of red

shale Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especiall ...

, named " Gorges du Cians", with formations of eroded rock.

Tributaries

* Raton * Cianavelle

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Alpes-Maritimes Rivers of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {{France-river-stub