Sèvre Nantaise facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Sèvre Nantaise |
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 The Sèvre Nantaise near Le Longeron
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| Country | France |
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| Regions | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pays de la Loire |
| Departments | Deux-Sèvres, Vendée, Maine-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique |
| Communes | Cerizay, Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Clisson, Vertou, Nantes |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Crûme, Maine |
| - right | Ouin, Moine, Sanguèze |
| City | Nantes |
| Source | Plateau de Gâtines |
| - location | Neuvy-Bouin, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
| - elevation | 210 m (689 ft) |
| - coordinates | 46°36′45″N 0°29′24″W / 46.61250°N 0.49000°W |
| Confluence | Loire |
| - location | Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France |
| - elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| - coordinates | 47°11′50″N 1°32′52″W / 47.19722°N 1.54778°W |
| Length | 141.8 km (88 mi) |
| Basin | 2,356 km² (910 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Nantes |
| - average | 23.60 m³/s (833 cu ft/s) |
The Sèvre Nantaise is a river in western France, a left tributary of the Loire river.
It starts in the Deux-Sèvres department (named "Two Sèvres" after this and the Sèvre Niortaise river that flows through Niort) and ends in the city of Nantes (and is the origin of the second part of the river's name).
Geography
The Sèvre Nantaise river has a length of 141.8 km (88 mi) and a drainage basin with an area of approximately 2,356 km2 (910 sq mi).
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 23.60 m3/s (833 cu ft/s) at Nantes, where the Sèvre Nantaise joins the Loire river.
Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Nantes
Course
The Sèvre Nantaise starts in the Gâtines plateau, commune of Neuvy-Bouin, near the commune of Secondigny in the Deux-Sèvres department, at an elevation of about 210 m (689 ft). It then flows to the northwest through the departments of Vendée, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique.
Finally, the river flows into the Loire river in the city of Nantes.
The Sèvre Nantaise flows through 2 regions, 4 departments and 44 communes:
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
- Deux-Sèvres: 15 communes.
- Pays de la Loire region
- Vendée: 15 communes.
- Maine-et-Loire: two communes.
- Loire-Atlantique: 12 communes.
Main tributaries
The main tributaries of the Sèvre Nantaise river are:
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Left tributaries:
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Right tributaries:
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Gallery
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The Sèvre Nantaise in Port Morinière, Rezé
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The Sèvre Nantaise and the Portillon bridge in Vertou
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The Château de Portillon and Sèvre Nantaise in Vertou
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The Sèvre Nantaise in Nantes
Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Sèvre Nantaise para niños
