DOUBS RIVER


Meaning of DOUBS RIVER in English

ancient Dubis.

River, eastern France and western Switzerland.

Rising in the Jura Mtns., it flows northeast to form part of the French-Swiss border. It continues east into Switzerland, makes a hairpin turn and heads back into France, finally entering the Saône River , after a course of about 270 mi (435 km), only 56 mi (90 km) from its source.

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