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"Persons wishing to travel more leisurely, and to avoid fatigue, should start on the first of the month or earlier, take the diligence from Paris to Chalons, whence they may proceed by water down the Saone and Rhone to Avignon or Arles, within 50 m. of Marseilles."--Hand-book for Travellers in France (1843) by John Murray

"Between St. Chamond and St. Etienne runs the ridge separating the waters flowing into the Mediterranean, through the Rhone, from those which go to the Atlantic through the Loire."--Hand-book for Travellers in France (1843) by John Murray

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The Rhône is a major river in France and Switzerland, arising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône. The resulting delta forms the Camargue region.

The river's source is the Rhône Glacier, at the east edge of the Swiss canton of Valais. The glacier is part of the Saint-Gotthard Massif, which gives rise to three other major rivers: the Reuss, Rhine and Ticino.

The Rhône has twice the average discharge of the longest French river, the Loire.

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Along the Rhône

Cities and towns along the Rhône include:

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Switzerland

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France

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