The Calavon (; also called ''le Coulon'') is an long
river
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in the
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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and
Vaucluse
Vaucluse (; or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019. ''
départements'', southeastern
France
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.
Its
drainage basin
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is .
[Bassin versant : Calavon-Coulon (Le)]
Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA Its source is near
Banon. It flows generally west-southwest. It is a
right tributary
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of the
Durance into which it flows at
Caumont-sur-Durance, near
Cavaillon.
''Départements'' and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
*Alpes-de-Haute-Provence:
Banon,
Simiane-la-Rotonde,
Oppedette,
*
Viens, Vaucluse
*Alpes-de-Haute-Provence:
Céreste
*Vaucluse:
Saint-Martin-de-Castillon,
Castellet,
Saignon,
Caseneuve,
Apt,
Bonnieux,
Roussillon
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,
Goult,
Ménerbes,
Beaumettes,
Oppède
Oppède (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in southeastern France. ''Oppidum'' is the Latin word for 'fortified town'.
History
It ...
,
Maubec,
Robion,
Cavaillon,
Caumont-sur-Durance
References
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Rivers of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Rivers of France
Rivers of Vaucluse
Rivers of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur