Drance

Water type: River
Continent: Europe
Climate: Continental

The Drance (French: La Drance/Dranse, French pronunciation: [dʁɑ̃s]) is a river in Valais, Switzerland with a length of 14.5 kilometers to the confluence with the Rhône, a maximum length of 43 kilometers. It has a drainage basin of 676 square kilometers. The river is formed from the confluence of the Dranse dEntremont and the Dranse de Bagnes at the village of Sembrancher. Further upriver the Dranse dEntremont splits into the Dranse dEntremont and the Dranse de Ferret.