Yèvre

The Yèvre is a river in central France. It is a right tributary of the Cher river. It flows through the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region.

Geography
The Yèvre is  long. Its drainage basin covers  and 80.11% of the watershed is farming land.

Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is  at Savigny-en-Septaine (22 years), at  of altitude.

Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Savigny-en-Septaine

Course
The Yèvre starts in the Gron municipality, Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire region, at about  to the east of the city of Bourges. It starts at an altitude of about  above sea level and it is called here as Ruisseau de Gron.

The Yèvre flows from East to West through the Cher department and through the arrondissements of Bourges and Vierzon and through 18 communes: Gron (source), Baugy, Avord, Farges-en-Septaine, Nohant-en-Goût, Savigny-en-Septaine, Moulins-sur-Yèvre, Osmoy, Saint-Germain-du-Puy, Bourges, Saint-Doulchard, Marmagne, Berry-Bouy, Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Allouis, Vignoux-sur-Barangeon, Foëcy and Vierzon (confluence).

Moulins-sur-Yèvre and Mehun-sur-Yèvre are two communes named after this river.

At its end, the Yèvre flows into the Cher river as a right tributary in the city of Vierzon, at about  of altitude.

Main tributaries
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 50 km, of the Cher are:

Left tributaries:
 Airain or Airin - 47.8 km.
 Auron - 76.9 km.

Right tributaries:
 Barangeon - 41.9 km.

Gallery

Related pages
 List of rivers of France

 References 

Category:Rivers of Centre-Val de Loire