Indre (river)

The **Indre** is a river in central France, left tributary to the Loire River. The Indre and Indre-et-Loire departments are named after this river.

## Geography
The Indre river has a length of  and a drainage basin with an area of  of which 18.29% are forests and 77.86% are used for farming.

Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is  at Lignières-de-Touraine, Indre-et-Loire.

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**Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Lignières-de-Touraine**

### Course
The Indre starts in the *Monts de Saint-Marien*, southwestern Massif Central, in the *commune* of Saint-Priest-la-Marche, in the south of the Cher department near the border with the Creuse department, at an altitude of about .

The Indre flows to the northwest, and passes through the Indre and Indre-et-Loire departments, in the Centre-Val de Loire region, and a total of 58 *communes*, most of them in the Indre department; the main *communes* are:

## Main tributaries
The main tributaries of the Indre river are:

**Left tributaries**:
* Vauvre - 38.8&nbsp;km

**Right tributaries**:
* Igneraie - 37.4&nbsp;km
* Indrois - 59.5&nbsp;km

## Gallery

File:Indre - Pouligny-Saint-Martin (36) - Vue vers Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre.jpg|The Indre in Pouligny-Saint-Martin.
File:Châteauroux - Pont Neuf.jpg|The Indre river in Châteauroux.
File:Déols - Bridge.jpg|The bridge linking Châteauroux to Déols.
File:Loches avec Tour St-Antoine.jpg|The Indre in Loches.

## Related pages
* List of rivers of France

## References