The Cians is a mountain river that flows through the

Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; oc, Aups Maritims; it, Alpi Marittime, "Maritime Alps") is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it ...

department of southeastern

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. It is long. Its drainage basin is .Bassin versant : Cians (Le)
Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA Its source is in the mountains north of

Beuil Beuil (; oc, Buelh; it, Boglio) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Geography Beuil is a village located in the Maritime Alps, away from Nice. It is the gateway to the Mercantour National Park. A stop-of ...

, and it flows into the

Var Var or VAR may refer to: Places * Var (department), a department of France * Var (river), France * Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran * Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Ca ...

Touët-sur-Var Touët-sur-Var (, literally ''Touët on Var''; oc, Lo Toit; it, Toetto sul Varo) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Var and the Cians Rivers. Population Se ...

The Cians flows through the following communes: * Beuil, Rigaud,

Pierlas Pierlas (; oc, Pierlàs; it, Pierlasso) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Geography The commune is traversed by the river Cians. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department The ...

, Thiéry, Touët-sur-Var. This river runs through a canyon of red

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, named " Gorges du Cians", with formations of

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rock.

Tributaries

* Raton *

Cianavelle The Cianavelle is a short mountain river that flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France. It flows into the Cians near Rigaud. It is long. The Cianavelle flows through the communes of Auvare, Puget-Rostang Puget-Rost ...

References

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