Encyclopedia > Var River

Article Content

Var River

The Var is a river located in the Alpes-Maritimes département, in the south-east of France. Rising on the Col de la Cayolle (2,326 m/7,631 ft) and flowing generally southeast for 130 km/81 mi into the Mediterranean between Nice and Saint-Laurent du Var[?]. It is a unique case in France of a river not flowing in the département that has the same name.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

French resistance

... in June 1943 De Gaulle and Giraud were forced to reconcile and became joint presidents of the CNR. Giraud found himself outmaneuvered by De Gaulle and left in ...