The Sâne Vive (french: la Sâne Vive), or Sâne, is a long

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

in the

Ain Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where ...

and

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is ...

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'', eastern

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. Its source is at Lescheroux. It flows generally northwest. It is a

left tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the Seille into which it flows between

La Genête La Genête () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Sâne Vive forms most of the commune's northern and northwestern borders, then flows into the Seille, wh ...

and

Brienne The County of Brienne was a medieval county in France centered on Brienne-le-Château. Counts of Brienne * Engelbert I * Engelbert II * Engelbert III * Engelbert IV * Walter I (? – c. 1090) * Erard I (c. 1090 – c. 1120?) * Walter I ...

. Its main tributary is the

Sâne Morte The Sâne Morte (french: la Sâne Morte, the dead Sâne) is a long river in the Ain and Saône-et-Loire '' départements'', eastern France. Its source is at Foissiat. It flows generally north-northwest. It is a right tributary of the Sâne Vive ...

''Départements'' and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: * Ain: Lescheroux, Saint-Nizier-le-Bouchoux, Courtes, Curciat-Dongalon, * Saône-et-Loire: Montpont-en-Bresse, La Chapelle-Thècle, Ménetreuil,

Jouvençon Jouvençon () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Sâne Vive forms part of the commune's eastern border. The Seille forms the commune's western border. See ...

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Ain Rivers of Saône-et-Loire Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes {{France-river-stub