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 |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b hydro.eaufrance.fr (Station: K7542610 , option: Synthèse )