The Arc is an long river in

Southern France Southern France, also known as the South of France or colloquially in French language, French as , is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, ''Le midi ...

. It arises at an elevation of , close to the village of

Pourcieux Pourcieux (; oc, Porcièu) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The small village provides a typical image of the Provence of Frédéric Mistral, with vine-grower's houses built ar ...

. It then passes through

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

before flowing into the Étang de Berre, a lagoon connected with the Mediterranean Sea to the west of Marseille. Its drainage basin, with a surface area of , is divided between two départments,

Var Var or VAR may refer to: Places * Var (department), a department of France * Var (river), France * Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran * Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Ca ...

and Bouches-du-Rhône.Bassin versant : Arc (L')
Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA The

Bayeux Bayeux () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts ...

, the Cause and the Torse are its tributaries. The Roquefavour Aqueduct passes over the river;

Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a ...

's ''

Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley ''Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley'' is an oil painting on canvas completed by the French artist Paul Cézanne between 1882 and 1885. It depicts Montagne Sainte-Victoire and the valley of the Arc River, with Cézanne' ...

'' is the best known piece of art representing the Arc.

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Rivers of France Rivers of Bouches-du-Rhône Rivers of Var (department) Rivers of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {{France-river-stub