Title: Sèvre Nantaise Content: 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 and a drainage basin with an area of approximately . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Nantes, where the Sèvre Nantaise joins the Loire river. 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:70 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:10 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5 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: 62.80 bar:Feb from:0 till: 51.60 bar:Mar from:0 till: 34.90 bar:Apr from:0 till: 20.60 bar:May from:0 till: 13.50 bar:Jun from:0 till: 5.96 bar:Jul from:0 till: 3.59 bar:Aug from:0 till: 2.68 bar:Sep from:0 till: 3.97 bar:Oct from:0 till: 12.00 bar:Nov from:0 till: 26.40 bar:Dec from:0 till: 46.60 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 62.80 fontsize:S text: 62.80 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 51.60 fontsize:S text: 51.60 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 34.90 fontsize:S text: 34.90 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 20.60 fontsize:S text: 20.60 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 13.50 fontsize:S text: 13.50 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 5.96 fontsize:S text: 5.96 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 3.59 fontsize:S text: 3.59 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 2.68 fontsize:S text: 2.68 shift:(-10,5) bar:Sep at: 3.97 fontsize:S text: 3.97 shift:(-10,5) bar:Oct at: 12.00 fontsize:S text: 12.00 shift:(-12,5) bar:Nov at: 26.40 fontsize:S text: 26.40 shift:(-12,5) bar:Dec at: 46.60 fontsize:S text: 46.60 shift:(-12,5) 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 . 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:  ==Gallery== Rezé-Port Morinière.jpg|The Sèvre Nantaise in Port Morinière, Rezé Vertou pontPortillon.JPG|The Sèvre Nantaise and the Portillon bridge in Vertou Vertou châteauPortillon.jpg|The Château de Portillon and Sèvre Nantaise in Vertou Nantes-Sèvre.JPG|The Sèvre Nantaise in Nantes ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France