The Bléone (; ) is a long
river
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in the
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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''
département'', southeastern
France
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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
left tributary 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,
Le Brusquet,
Marcoux,
Digne-les-Bains
Digne-les-Bains (; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Dinha dei Banhs''), or simply and historically Digne (''Dinha'' in the Franco-Provençal, classical norm or ''Digno'' in the Mistralian norm), is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Alpe ...
,
Aiglun,
Mallemoisson,
Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson,
Mirabeau,
Malijai,
L'Escale,
Les Mées,
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Rivers of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Braided rivers in France
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