Var (river)

Var
Rooftops of Entrevaux and the gorge of the Var
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Maritime Alps
• elevation	1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Mouth
• location	Mediterranean Sea
• coordinates	43°39′13″N 7°11′59″E / 43.65361°N 7.19972°E / 43.65361; 7.19972
Length	114 km (71 mi)
Basin size	2,812 km2 (1,086 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	50 to 100 m3/s (1,800 to 3,500 cu ft/s)

The Var (French: [vaʁ] ^ⓘ, Occitan: [ˈbaɾ]; Italian: Varo; Latin: Varus) is a river located in the southeast of France. It is 114 km (71 mi) long.^[1] Its drainage basin is 2,812 km² (1,086 sq mi).^[2]

The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes département for most of its length, with a short (~15 km or ~9 mi) stretch in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département. It is a unique case in France of a river not flowing in the département named after it (see Var).

Until the beginning of the 19th century, the river had no bridges; it was the border between France and the County of Nice, then part of Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.