Title: Vienne (river) Content: The Vienne  is one of the most important rivers in southwestern France, a main left tributary of the lower Loire river. It supports numerous hydroelectric dams. It flows through the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Centre-Val de Loire regions, and two French départements are named after the Vienne: the Haute-Vienne (87) and the Vienne (86). ==Geography== The Vienne river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of approximately . ===Course=== The Vienne river starts in the department of the Corrèze, at the foot of Mont Audouze, on the Plateau de Millevaches, in the commune of Millevaches, at an elevation of about . It then flows roughly west to the city of Limoges where its water was used in the famous Limoges porcelain industry. A little way after Limoges it takes a turn to the north. Finally, the river flows into the Loire river, on the left side, in the commune Candes-Saint-Martin. The Vienne flows through 6 departments and 96 communes, in 2 regions: * Centre-Val de Loire region ** Indre-et-Loire: Chinon, Candes-Saint-Martin * Nouvelle- Aquitaine region ** Corrèze: Peyrelevade ** Creuse ** Haute-Vienne: Rempnat, Eymoutiers, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Limoges, Aixe-sur-Vienne, Saint-Junien ** Charente: Confolens ** Vienne: Chauvigny, Châtellerault The Vienne flows through three regional nature parks: Parc naturel régional de Millevaches en Limousin, Parc naturel régional Périgord Limousin and Parc naturel régional Loire-Anjou-Touraine. ==Main tributaries == The main tributaries of the Vienne river are: Left tributaries: * Combade - 41 km * Briance - 57.7 km * Clain - 144.3 km * Aixette - 27.1 km Right tributaries: * Maulde - 68.5 km * Taurion - 107.5 km * Aurence - 27.3 km * Glane - 41.4 km * Gorre - 39.2 km * Goire - 28.7 km * Issoire - 45.7 km * Blourde - 46.5 km * Creuse - 236.6 * Manse - 30.5 km == Hydrology == Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Nouâtre in the Indre-et-Loire department. Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Nouâtre (1958 - 2017) Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:400 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:100 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:20 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:Jan text:Jan. bar:Feb text:Feb. bar:Mar text:Mar. bar:Apr text:Apr. bar:May text:May bar:Jun text:Jun. bar:Jul text:Jul. bar:Aug text:Aug. bar:Sep text:Sep. bar:Oct text:Oct. bar:Nov text:Nov. bar:Dec text:Dec. PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:Jan from:0 till: 348.0 bar:Feb from:0 till: 358.0 bar:Mar from:0 till: 288.0 bar:Apr from:0 till: 252.0 bar:May from:0 till: 204.0 bar:Jun from:0 till: 129.0 bar:Jul from:0 till: 76.30 bar:Aug from:0 till: 60.30 bar:Sep from:0 till: 69.10 bar:Oct from:0 till: 99.50 bar:Nov from:0 till: 162.0 bar:Dec from:0 till: 278.0 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 348.0 fontsize:S text: 348.0 shift:(-9,8) bar:Feb at: 358.0 fontsize:S text: 358.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 288.0 fontsize:S text: 288.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 252.0 fontsize:S text: 252.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 204.0 fontsize:S text: 204.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 129.0 fontsize:S text: 129.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 76.30 fontsize:S text: 76.30 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 60.30 fontsize:S text: 60.30 shift:(-12,5) bar:Sep at: 69.10 fontsize:S text: 69.10 shift:(-12,5) bar:Oct at: 99.50 fontsize:S text: 99.50 shift:(-12,5) bar:Nov at: 162.0 fontsize:S text: 162.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Dec at: 278.0 fontsize:S text: 278.0 shift:(-12,5) ==Gallery== File:Source de la Vienne.JPG|The source of Vienne near Saint- Setiers. File:Vienne near Peyrelevade 02.JPG|The Vienne near Peyrelevade. Ville de Chinon rive gauche.JPG|The Vienne in Chinon. File:Vienne River at Aixe-sur-Vienne (Haute-Vienne, Fr).JPG|The Vienne in Aixe-sur-Vienne (Haute- Vienne). File:Confluent Vienne-Loire.jpg|Confluence with the Loire river, the Vienne in front. ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France