Roya Roia, Roja | |
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Location | |
Countries | France and Italy |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Colle di Tenda near Tende, France. |
• elevation | 1,908 m (6,260 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Ligurian Sea at Ventimiglia, Italy |
• coordinates | 43°47′17″N 7°36′22″E / 43.78806°N 7.60611°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 59 km (37 mi) |
Basin size | 660 km2 (250 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 15 m3/s (530 cu ft/s) |
The Roya (French, [ʁwaja]), Roia (Italian), or Ròia (Brigasc, Occitan) is a river of France and Italy, discharging into the Ligurian Sea. It is 59 km (37 mi) long, of which 40.1 km (24.9 mi) in France.[1] Its drainage basin is about 660 km2 (250 sq mi), of which 601 km2 (232 sq mi) in France.[2]