Indre (river)

Indre
Data
Water code	FR :  K7-0260
location	France , Center-Val de Loire region
River system	Loire
Drain over	Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source	in the municipality of Saint-Priest-la-Marche 46 ° 25 ′ 59 ″  N , 2 ° 10 ′ 48 ″  E
Source height	approx.  405  m
muzzle	at Avoine in the Loire coordinates: 47 ° 14 ′ 2 ″  N , 0 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E 47 ° 14 ′ 2 ″  N , 0 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  30  m
Height difference	approx. 375 m
Bottom slope	approx. 1.3 ‰
length	approx. 280 km
Catchment area	3280 km²
Outflow at the Lignières-de-Touraine gauge	MQ	19 m³ / s
Left tributaries	Vauvre
Right tributaries	Igneraie , Indrois
Small towns	Loches
The Indre at Rigny-Ussé

The Indre is a river in France that runs in the Center-Val de Loire region . It rises in the municipality of Saint-Priest-la-Marche , drains generally in a north-westerly direction and flows into the Loire as a left tributary after 280 kilometers at Avoine , in the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Nature Park .

Crossed departments

• Cher (18)
• Indre (36)
• Indre-et-Loire (37)

For the departments 36 and 37, the river was used as the namesake.

Places on the river

• Saint-Priest-la-Marche
• Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre
• La Châtre
• Ardentes
• Chateauroux
• Villedieu-sur-Indre
• Buzançais
• Saint-Genou
• Châtillon-sur-Indre
• Loches
• Montbazon
• Azay-le-Rideau

Web links

Commons : Indre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
2. ↑ ^{a b} The river length is based on the information on the relevant website sandre.eaufrance.fr/ , accessed on June 9, 2009, rounded to full kilometers.
3. ↑ ^{a b} hydro.eaufrance.fr (Station: K7542610 , option: Synthèse )