The Vésubie is a river in the southeast of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It is a left tributary of 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 ...

in the

Maritime Alps The Maritime Alps (french: Alpes Maritimes ; it, Alpi Marittime ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between the regions of France, French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and the regions of Italy ...

. It is long. Its drainage basin is .Bassin versant : Vésubie (La)
Observatoire Régional Eau et Milieux Aquatiques en PACA The source is in the

Mercantour Mercantour National Park (french: Parc national du Mercantour) a French national park located in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Alpes-Maritimes departments. Since it was created in 1979, the park has proven popular, with 800,000 visitors ann ...

National park near the border with

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. The river flows through the town of

Saint-Martin-Vésubie Saint-Martin-Vésubie (; Vivaro-Alpine dialect, Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Martin de Lantosca'') is a Communes of France, commune of the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southe ...

which is a major center for hiking. It flows into the Var near Levens. One of its tributaries is the

Gordolasque The Gordolasque is a mountain river that flows from the Mercantour National Park in the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France. It is long. Its source is in the Maritime Alps, near the Italian border. It flows into the river Vésubie be ...

Towns along the river

Roquebillière Roquebillière (; historical it, Roccabigliera; oc, Ròcabilhiera) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. History It was part of the historic County of Nice until 1860 as ''Roccabigliere." The town was at o ...

Lantosque Lantosque (; oc, Lantosca) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the ''Route des Villages Perchés'' (R ...

Utelle Utelle (; oc, Uels) is a commune about northeast of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Geography It is perched on a hill along the Vesubie Gorge not far from the Mercantour National Park. Sights Formerly an agri ...

Duranus Duranus (; oc, Duranús) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Population Tourism Duranus is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the ''Route ...

Belvédère Belvédère (; oc, Barver; it, Belvedere) is a commune in the Vésubie valley north of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. The village of Belvédère is located at the entrance of the Gordolasque valley on the edge ...

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Rivers of France Rivers of Alpes-Maritimes Rivers of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Rivers of the Alps {{France-river-stub