Title: Cher (river) Content: The Cher is a river in central France. It is a left tributary of the Loire River. It flows through several regions of France. The Cher and Loir-et-Cher departments are named after this river. ==Geography== The Cher is long. Its drainage basin covers . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Tours, Indre-et- Loire (1966 - 2017), near its mouth. 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:200 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:50 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:10 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: 162.0 bar:Feb from:0 till: 190.0 bar:Mar from:0 till: 150.0 bar:Apr from:0 till: 124.0 bar:May from:0 till: 109.0 bar:Jun from:0 till: 68.00 bar:Jul from:0 till: 33.80 bar:Aug from:0 till: 26.40 bar:Sep from:0 till: 29.70 bar:Oct from:0 till: 37.40 bar:Nov from:0 till: 68.10 bar:Dec from:0 till: 120.0 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 162.0 fontsize:S text: 162.0 shift:(-9,5) bar:Feb at: 190.0 fontsize:S text: 190.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 150.0 fontsize:S text: 150.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 124.0 fontsize:S text: 124.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 109.0 fontsize:S text: 109.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 68.00 fontsize:S text: 68.00 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 33.80 fontsize:S text: 33.80 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 26.40 fontsize:S text: 26.40 shift:(-12,5) bar:Sep at: 29.70 fontsize:S text: 29.70 shift:(-12,5) bar:Oct at: 37.40 fontsize:S text: 37.40 shift:(-12,5) bar:Nov at: 68.10 fontsize:S text: 68.10 shift:(-12,5) bar:Dec at: 120.0 fontsize:S text: 120.0 shift:(-12,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Tours ===Course=== The Cher starts in the Massif Central, in the Mérinchal municipality, Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It starts at an altitude of about . The Cher flows, in general, to the northwest. It goes through the following regions, departments and communes: * Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ** Creuse: Auzances. * Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ** Puy-de-Dôme: Château-sur-Cher. ** Allier: Montluçon, Vallon-en-Sully, Meaulne. * Centre-Val de Loire region ** Cher: Ainay-le-Vieil, Bouzais, Saint-Amand-Montrond, Châteauneuf-sur-Cher, Colombiers, Corquoy, Crézançay-sur-Cher, Drevant, Épineuil-le-Fleuriel, Farges-Allichamps, Foëcy, La Groutte, Lapan, Lunery, Méry-sur-Cher, Nozières, Orval, La Perche, Quincy, Saint-Florent-sur-Cher, Saint-Caprais, Saint-Georges-de-Poisieux, Saint-Georges-sur-la-Prée, Saint- Loup-des-Chaumes, Thénioux, Vallenay, Venesmes, Vierzon ** Loir-et-Cher : Angé, Bourré, La Chapelle-Montmartin, Châtillon-sur-Cher, Châtres-sur-Cher, Châteauvieux, Couddes, Faverolles-sur-Cher, Gièvres, Mareuil-sur-Cher, Mennetou-sur-Cher, Monthou-sur-Cher, Montrichard, Pouillé,Selles-sur-Cher, Saint-Aignan, Saint-Georges-sur-Cher, Saint-Julien-sur-Cher, Seigy, Thésée, Villefranche-sur-Cher. ** Indre : Chabris ** Indre-et-Loire : Athée-sur-Cher, Azay-sur-Cher, Bléré, Chenonceaux, Chisseaux, Civray-de-Touraine, La Croix-en- Touraine, Dierre, Larçay, La Riche, Saint-Avertin, Saint-Genouph, Savonnières, Tours, Véretz, Villandry. At its end, the Cher flows into the Loire River at the bec du Cher ("beak of the Cher")The French word bec (beak or bill in English) means, in this and similar cases, the confluence of two rivers. in the Regional nature park Loire-Anjou-Touraine (Parc naturel régional Loire- Anjou-Touraine) in Villandry. That is about west of the city of Tours, in the Indre-et-Loire department, at of altitude. ==Main tributaries== The main tributaries, with a length greater than 50 km, of the Cher are: Left tributaries: * Tardes - 77.3 km; * Arnon - 150.5 km; * Fouzon - 59 km; Right tributaries: * Aumance - 56.3 km; * Yèvre - 80.6 km; * Sauldre - 183.1 km; ==Gallery== File:Villeneuve-sur-Cher (Cher, Fr), le Cher.JPG|The Cher at Villeneuve-sur-Cher. File:Chateau Chenonceau 03 20060331.JPG|Château de Chenonceau over the Cher river. File:Saint Florent pont.JPG|Bridge over the Cher in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher. File:Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher (Loir-et- Cher).jpg|The Cher river at Saint-Aignan. File:Cher Montrichard.jpg|The Cher river at Montrichard. ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France