Var (river)

The Var (; , , ) is a river located in the southeast of France. It is long. Its drainage basin is .
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).
Name.
The river name is attested in Latin as "Vārus" and in Ancient Greek as "Ouãros" (Οὐᾶρος). It stems from the Indo-European root *"uōr"- (earlier "*uer-"), meaning 'water, river' (cf. Sanskrit "vār", Old Norse "vari").
Hydrography.
The Var rises near the Col de la Cayolle (2,326 m/7,631 ft) in the Maritime Alps and flows generally southeast to its outflow into the Mediterranean Sea between Nice and Saint-Laurent-du-Var. Its main tributaries are the Cians, the Tinée, the Vésubie, the Coulomp, the Estéron, the Tuébi, the Chalvagne, the Barlatte, the Bourdous and the Roudoule.
The Var flows through the following départements and towns: 
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