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  and a drainage basin with an area of .

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 .

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  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)  

Category:Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté