Salentse

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Salenste
Location
CountrySwitzerland
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPlan Salentze
 • coordinates46°13′46″N 7°07′45″E / 46.22944°N 7.12917°E / 46.22944; 7.12917
 • elevation2,350 m (7,710 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Rhône
 • coordinates
46°10′30″N 7°12′06″E / 46.17500°N 7.20167°E / 46.17500; 7.20167
 • elevation
468 m (1,535 ft)
Length9 km (5.6 mi)

The Salentse is a river in Valais, Switzerland, and a right tributary of the Rhône. Its source is at north of the municipality of Leytron, near of the Grand Muveran. It flows to the South to join the Rhône, in the city of Saillon. During the 1840s, an irrigation canal have been dug to irrigate and bring water in Saillon.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Les bisses de Saillon". www.saillon.ch. Retrieved 2019-08-08.