Nièvre (Loire)

The Nièvre is a small river in France, right tributary of the Loire river. It flows through the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Two communes of the Nièvre department have the name of the river in their names: Dompierre-sur-Nièvre and La Celle-sur-Nièvre. Geography The Nièvre river has a length of 49.6 km (30.8 mi) and a drainage basin with an area of 630 km2 (243 sq mi). Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 5.28 cubic metres per second at Uzy. Course The source of the Nièvre is near the village Bourras-la-Grange in the Champlemy commune, Nièvre department, at an altitude of about 280 m (919 ft). The Nièvre flows, in general, from the northeast to the southwest and passes through the following cantons and communes, all in the Nièvre department: Cantons: Prémery, Donzy, La Charité-sur-Loire, Pougues-les-Eaux, Guérigny and Nevers-Nord. Communes: Champlemy, Saint-Malo-en-Donziois, Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis, Dompierre-sur-Nièvre, La Celle-sur-Nièvre, Beaumont-la-Ferrière, Saint-Aubin-les-Forges, Parigny-les-Vaux, Guérigny, Urzy, Saint-Martin-d'Heuille, Coulanges-lès-Nevers, Nevers Finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the Loire River in the centre of the city of Nevers, at 170 m (558 ft) of altitude. Main tributaries The main tributaries of the Nièvre are (only right tributaries because the left tributaries are very short): Nièvre de Champlemy - 8.8 km; Nièvre d’Arzembouy - 28.7 km; Gallery The Nièvre river flowing through downtown Nevers before joining the Loire river: Related pages List of rivers of France References Other websites Banque Hydro - Station K1963010 - La Nièvre à Urzy (Synthèse) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in French)