Cère

The **Cère ** is a French river, in the Massif Central, that flows through the Cantal, Corrèze and Lot departments. It is a left tributary of the Dordogne (river) and is the main river of the Cantal department.

For about , the Cère forms the border between, first, the Corrèze and the Cantal departments and, later, between the Corrèze and the Lot departments.

## Geography
The Cère 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  at Biars-sur-Cère in the Lot department.

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**Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Biars-sur-Cère**

### Course
The source of the Cère river is in the southwestern Massif Central, in **Col de Font de Cère**in the *commune* of Saint-Jacques-des-Blats, at an altitude of about , in the Cantal department.

The Cère river flows to the west, in general, through 3 regions, 3 departments and 29 *communes*. Several *communes* are named after the river: Vic-sur-Cère, Arpajon-sur-Cère, Laval-de-Cère, Gagnac-sur-Cère, Biars-sur-Cère. It flows through the following *communes*, among others:

## Main tributaries
The main tributaries, over 20 km long,  of the Cère river are:

**Left tributaries**:
* Roannes - 20.1 km
* Escalmels - 24.7

**Right tributaries**:
* Jordanne - 40.6 km
* Authre - 42 km

## Gallery

File:Cère Vic-sur-Cère 3.JPG|The Cère in Vic-sur-Cère.
File:Cère Sansac-de-Marmiesse N122 amont.JPG|Bridge over the Cère in Sansac-de-Marmiesse.
File:Cère Sansac-de-Marmiesse N122 aval.JPG|The Cère in Sansac-de-Marmiesse.
File:Cère Bretenoux D940 amont.JPG|The Cère between Biars-sur-Cère (left) and Bretenoux (right).

## Related pages
* List of rivers of France

## References