Lion (Allondon)

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Lion
Data
Water code FR :  V0410540
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Rhône
Drain over Allondon  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source on the municipal boundary of Ségny and Ornex
46 ° 17 ′ 31 ″  N , 6 ° 5 ′ 9 ″  E
Source height approx.  476  m
muzzle in the municipality of Saint-Genis-Pouilly in the Allondon coordinates: 46 ° 13 ′ 58 "  N , 6 ° 1 ′ 4"  E 46 ° 13 ′ 58 "  N , 6 ° 1 ′ 4"  E
Mouth height approx.  430  m
Height difference approx. 46 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.6 ‰
length 10 km
Right tributaries Petit Journans , Grand Journans
Small towns Saint-Genis-Pouilly

The Lion is a small river in France that runs in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises on the municipal boundary of Ségny and Ornex , generally drains in a south-westerly direction through the Pays de Gex landscape and after ten kilometers flows into the municipality of Saint-Genis-Pouilly , a few hundred meters from the border with Switzerland , as a left tributary into the Allondon .

Places on the river

Research facilities

Near the village of Vesegnin (municipality of Prévessin-Moëns) there are laboratory and research facilities of the CERN on the river bank .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  3. ↑ a b The information on the river length is based on the information about the Lion from SANDRE (French), accessed on January 3, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.