Bléone
| Bléone | ||
 The river at La Javie |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : X12-0400 | |
| location | France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region | |
| River system | Rhône | |
| Drain over | Durance → Rhône → Mediterranean | |
| source | in the municipality of Prads-Haute-Bléone 44 ° 16 ′ 38 ″ N , 6 ° 31 ′ 17 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 2253 m | |
| muzzle | in the municipality of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban in the Durance coordinates: 44 ° 3 ′ 13 ″ N , 5 ° 59 ′ 45 ″ E, 44 ° 3 ′ 13 ″ N , 5 ° 59 ′ 45 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 410 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1843 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 26 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 70 km | |
| Right tributaries | Arigéol , Bès , Duyes | |
| Small towns | Digne-les-Bains | |
The Bléone is a river in France that runs in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises in the French Maritime Alps , in the Massif des Trois-Évêchés , in the municipality of Prads-Haute-Bléone . The Bléone generally drains in a south-westerly direction and flows into the Durance as a left tributary after around 70 kilometers in the municipality of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban .
Shortly before the Bléone flows into the Durance, the river is dammed at the Malijai dam. A large part of the water is diverted into the Canal d'Oraison , which crosses the Bléone with a canal bridge. The canal carries the water to the large Électricité de France power stations in the Durance valley.
