The Volane () is a French river, a tributary of the Ardèche and a sub-

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of the

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Geography

It crops at the foot of the suc de l'Areilladou at in Mézilhac and at , nearly at the end of the téléski de l'Areilladou. It runs through (among others) the towns of

Antraigues-sur-Volane Antraigues-sur-Volane (, literally ''Antraigues on Volane''; oc, Entraigas) is a former commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vallées ...

and

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. It joins the Ardèche north of

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, at just outside

at ''le pont de Vals'' (locality) at less than from the casino.

Communes

The river runs through eight

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: * faring downstream : Mézilhac, Laviolle,

, Genestelle, Asperjoc, Saint-Andéol-de-Vals,

(confluence).

Tributaries

The Volane has 21 official tributaries: * ''ruisseau de Larbonnet'' (L) 2 km * ''ruisseau des Hubertes'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau du Crouzet'' (R) 3 km * ''ruisseau de Pradas'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Rocheplate'' (R) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Fournier'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Varneyre'' (R) 3 km * ''ruisseau de la Sapède'' (R) 2 km * ''ruisseau de Fontfreyde'' (R) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Rouyon'' (R) 2 km * ''ruisseau du Bouchet'' (R) 2 km * ''ruisseau des Fuels'' (R) 2 km * ''ruisseau de Bise'' (L) 9 km * ''ruisseau de Coupe'' (R) 2 km * ''ruisseau de Pra Michel'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau de la Borie'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau de la Combe'' (R) 1 km * ''ruisseau de la Chadeyre'' (L) 1 km * ''la Bézorgues'' (R) 19 km * ''ruisseau de Rouchon'' (L) 1 km * ''le Voltour'' (R) 7 km

Topography

The river watershed spans eight communes including 7,241 inhabitants for an area of - with an average of 59 inhabitants/km² and in elevation.

Ecology

La Volane is a piscicole stream of 1st category (lush in trout and other salmonids). .

Culture

The Volane is photographed in "A book of the Cévennes" by

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Toponym

The Volane gave its name to

References

{{Reflist Rivers of France Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rivers of Ardèche