The Argens (; ) is a 116 km long river of the

French Riviera The French Riviera, known in French as the (; , ; ), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is considered to be the coastal area of the Alpes-Maritimes department, extending fr ...

. Its

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is fully included in the Var department.Bassin versant : Argens (L')
Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA The river goes through

Vidauban Vidauban () is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It lies on the bank of the river Argens. Geography Climate Vidauban has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate cla ...

Le Muy Le Muy (; ) is a commune in Var, a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Le Muy was one of the first places to be liberated in the Allied invasion of Southern France in August 1944. It lies to the south ...

Roquebrune-sur-Argens Roquebrune-sur-Argens (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (department), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region, Southeastern France. It lies between the cities of Draguignan ...

Fréjus Fréjus (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (department), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It neighbours Saint-Raphaël, Var, Saint-Raphaël ...

, then it flows into the

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, near

Name

The river is attested as ''ad flumen Argenteum'' in the 1st century BC, ''Argenteus'' in the 1st century AD, and ''A̓rgentíou'' (Ἀργεντίου) in the 2nd century. It derives from the Latin or Celtic word for 'silver'., s.v. ''Argenteus''.

Rivers flowing into Argens

Blavet The Blavet (; ) river flows from central Brittany and enters the Atlantic Ocean on the south coast near Lorient. It is long. The river is canalised for most of its length, forming one of the links in the Brittany canal system. It connects with t ...

* Endre * Bresque * Caramy ** Issole *

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* Ribeirotte * Florieye * Aille * Nartuby *

Reyran The Reyran is a torrent (stream), torrent in the Var (department), Var Departments of France, department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France and a tributary of the Argens. This ephemeral stream is 26.8 km long, originating in Bagnols-en-Forêt ...

* Cauron

References

;Bibliography * {{Authority control Rivers of France 0Argens Rivers of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Rivers of Var (department)