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Dronne

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Dronne (French pronunciation: [dʁɔn], also Drône, [dʁon], Occitan: Drona) is a 201-kilometre (125 mi) long river in southwestern France, right tributary of the Isle, which itself is a tributary of the Dordogne. The source of the Dronne is in the north-western Massif Central, east of the town of Châlus (south-west of Limoges) at an elevation of 510 metres (1, 670 ft). It flows south-west through the following départements and towns: Haute-Vienne Dordogne: Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière, Brantôme, Ribérac Charente: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne Charente-Maritime Gironde: Coutras The Dronne flows into the Isle in Coutras. Among its tributaries are the Lizonne and the Côle.

Flows through: France.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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