Verdon (Grand Canyon du Verdon)

Département: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

The Verdon, 175km/109mi in length, is the most important tributary of the Durance. Between Castellane and the man-made Lac de Ste-Croix it flows through the Grand Canyon du Verdon, a 21km/13mi series of magnificent wild gorges in the fossil-filled chalk beds of Haute-Provence. At their deepest they descend to 700m/2,297ft, the water of the river falling 153m/502ft over this stretch.