But then it flows entirely in the opposite direction and empties into Lake Geneva. After emerging from the lake the river flows through the Jura mountains, and then enters a phase of the Alpine foothills. The city of Lyon, Rhone river turns sharply to the south. And here it receives its largest influx of Sona, and then the many tributaries that flow from the Alps - Isere, Durance - and the Massif Central. At the confluence of the Rhone into the Mediterranean Sea forms a delta. Regime of the Rhone is composed mainly influenced by its Alpine tributaries. In the upper reaches of a typical alpine river, like the Rhine. Alpine summer floods has increased because of the alpine tributaries and the impacts to the mouth. A great influence on the regime of the main river has Sona that deepest throughout the year, but especially in winter when heavy rains. In the upper reaches of the Rhone canal connected with the Rhine.
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