Drance

Water type: River
Basin: Rhone -> Mediterranean Sea
Continent:
Europe
Climate:
Continental
Country:
Switzerland
Perciformes - Perches
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Perciformes - Perches
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
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.