The Vallière () is a long

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the Jura and

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is B ...

departments in eastern

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. Its source is in the

steephead valley A steephead valley, steephead or blind valley is a deep, narrow, flat bottomed valley with an abrupt ending. Such closed valleys may arise in limestone or karst landscapes, where a layer of permeable rock lies above an impermeable substrate such ...

Revigny Revigny () is a commune in the Jura department in the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Vallière has its source in the southern part of the commune; it flows north through the commune in the ...

, in the

Jura Mountains The Jura Mountains ( ) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border. While the Jura range proper (" folded Jura", ) is located in France and Switzerla ...

. It flows generally west. It is a

right tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...

of the Solnan, into which it flows between Bruailles and

Louhans Louhans () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Departments and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: * Jura:

, Conliège, Montaigu, Perrigny,

Lons-le-Saunier Lons-le-Saunier () is a commune and capital of the Jura Department, eastern France. Geography The town is in the heart of the Revermont region, at the foot of the first plateau of the Jura massif. The Jura escarpment extends to the east a ...

Montmorot Montmorot () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is a western suburb of Lons-le-Saunier. Geography The Vallière flows west through the southern part of the commune and crosses the town. ...

, Courlans, Courlaoux, Condamine, * Saône-et-Loire: Savigny-en-Revermont, Flacey-en-Bresse, Sagy, Saint-Martin-du-Mont, Bruailles,

Louhans Louhans () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Rivers of Jura (department) Rivers of Saône-et-Loire {{France-river-stub