Bléone

The Bléone (French: la Bléone) is a 67.5-kilometre (41.9 mi) long river in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département, southeastern France. 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.

Bléone
The Bléone at Malijai
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Prads-Haute-Bléone
• coordinates	44°16′19″N 06°41′31″E
• elevation	1,980 m (6,500 ft)
Mouth
• location	Durance
• coordinates	44°03′09″N 05°59′48″E
• elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Length	67.5 km (41.9 mi)
Basin size	906 km^2 (350 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Durance→ Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Prads-Haute-Bléone, La Javie, Le Brusquet, Marcoux, Digne-les-Bains, Aiglun, Mallemoisson, Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson, Mirabeau, Malijai, L'Escale, Les Mées,

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on 13 April 2009.

References

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Bléone at the Sandre database