Cher (river)

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.

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**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*: 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&nbsp;km, of the Cher are:

**Left tributaries**:
* Tardes - 77.3&nbsp;km;
* Arnon - 150.5&nbsp;km;
* Fouzon - 59&nbsp;km;

**Right tributaries**:
* Aumance - 56.3&nbsp;km;
* Yèvre - 80.6&nbsp;km;
* Sauldre - 183.1&nbsp;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

## Notes
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