Chalaronne | |
Map: | Chalaronne.png |
Source1 Location: | Lapeyrouse |
Source1 Coordinates: | 45.9678°N 4.9983°W |
Mouth Location: | Saône |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.165°N 4.7919°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | France |
Length: | 52km (32miles) |
Source1 Elevation: | 280m (920feet) |
Mouth Elevation: | 170m (560feet) |
Discharge1 Avg: | 1.01m3/s |
Basin Size: | 175km2 |
The Chalaronne (pronounced as /fr/) is a 52km (32miles) long river in the Ain department in eastern France. Its source is at Lapeyrouse, in the Dombes. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Saône, into which it flows between Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne and Thoissey.
This list is ordered from source to mouth: Lapeyrouse, Birieux, Villars-les-Dombes, Bouligneux, La Chapelle-du-Châtelard, Marlieux, Saint-Germain-sur-Renon, Sandrans, Romans, Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, L'Abergement-Clémenciat, Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne, Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne and Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne. The Chalaronne discharges into the Saône shortly before Thoissey.