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Cher
*Cher* (French)
Cher; Cher (French)
	The Cher
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
- location	Massif Central
- elevation	762 m (2,500 ft)
Mouth
- location	Loire
- coordinates	47°20′33″N 0°28′49″E / 47.34250°N 0.48028°E
Length	367.8 km (228.5 mi)
Basin size	13,718 km2 (5,297 sq mi)
Discharge
- average	104 m3/s (3,700 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Loire→ Atlantic Ocean

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 367.8 kilometres (228.5 miles) long. Its drainage basin covers 13,920 square kilometres (5,375 square miles).^[1]

Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 92.60 m³/s (3,270 cu ft/s) at Tours, Indre-et-Loire (1966 - 2017), near its mouth.^[2]

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 715 metres (2,346 feet).^[3]

The Cher flows, in general, to the northwest. It goes through the following regions, departments and communes:^[1]

Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
- Creuse: Auzances.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
- Puy-de-Dôme: Château-sur-Cher.
- Allier: Montluçon, Vallon-en-Sully, Meaulne.
Centre-Val de Loire region

At its end, the Cher flows into the Loire River at the bec du Cher ("beak of the Cher")^{[N 1]} in the Regional nature park Loire-Anjou-Touraine (Parc naturel régional Loire-Anjou-Touraine) in Villandry. That is about 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the city of Tours, in the Indre-et-Loire department, at 38 metres (125 feet) of altitude.^[4]

Main tributaries

The main tributaries, with a length greater than 50 km, of the Cher are:

Left tributaries:

Tardes - 77.3 km;^[5]
Arnon - 150.5 km;^[6]
Fouzon - 59 km;^[7]

Right tributaries:

Aumance - 56.3 km;^[8]
Yèvre - 80.6 km;^[9]
Sauldre - 183.1 km;^[10]

Gallery

The Cher at Villeneuve-sur-Cher.
Château de Chenonceau over the Cher river.
Bridge over the Cher in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher.
The Cher river at Saint-Aignan.
The Cher river at Montrichard.

Related pages

List of rivers of France

Notes

↑ The French word bec (beak or bill in English) means, in this and similar cases, the confluence of two rivers.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "le Cher (K---0090)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ "Le Cher à Tours (Pont Saint Sauveur)" (in French). Banque Hydro. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
↑ "Source de le Cher" (in French). Géoportail. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ "Confluence de le Cher" (in French). Géoportail. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ "Fiche cours d'eau: la Tardes (K51-0300)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ "Fiche cours d'eau: l'Arnon (K6--0240)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ "Fiche cours d'eau: le Fouzon (K65-0300)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ "Fiche cours d'eau: l'Aumance (K53-0300)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 21 November 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ "Fiche cours d'eau: l'Yèvre (K5--0230)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ "Fiche cours d'eau: la Sauldre (K6--0250)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.