Geography
Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provinces of Cuneo and Turin (eastern slopes) and the French departments of Savoie, Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (western slopes).
The Cottian Alps are drained by the rivers Durance and Arc and their tributaries on the French side; by the Dora Riparia and other tributaries of the Po on the Italian side.
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