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Rivers in France
YearMaps maps 19 rivers in France. The full list follows.
How this list is built: Listed alphabetically. A river is listed where its mapped reach lies, so long rivers appear under more than one country. It covers the rivers indexed in YearMaps, drawn from open geospatial data, and is not an exhaustive national register.
- Rivers Listed
- 19
- With Full Profile
- 17
Linked to a detail page
| Name | Type | Also Flows Through |
|---|---|---|
| Ariège | River | — |
| Dordogne | River | — |
| Doubs | River | Switzerland |
| Durance | River | — |
| Garonne | River | Spain |
| Litani | River | Suriname |
| Loire | River | — |
| Maas | River | Netherlands, Belgium |
| Marne | River | — |
| Maroni | River | Suriname |
| Mosel | River | Germany |
| Rhine | River | Switzerland, Germany, Austria |
| Rhône | River | Switzerland |
| Sane | River | — |
| Schelde | River | Belgium |
| Seine | River | — |
| Tarn | River | — |
| Vienne | River | — |
| Yonne | River | — |
About the Rivers of France
The 17 rivers above with an encyclopedia article, in brief. Each name opens the river's full page, with its course on the map.
- Ariège
- The Ariège is a river in southern France and Andorra. It is a right bank tributary of the Garonne. From its source in the Pyrenees near El Pas de la Casa, the river flows north for about 163 km and drains approximately 4,200 km2 of basin area. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Dordogne
- The Dordogne is a river in south-central and southwest France. It is 483.1 km long. The Dordogne and its watershed were designated Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO on 11 July 2012. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Doubs
- The Doubs is a 453-kilometre river in far eastern France which strays into western Switzerland. It is a left-bank tributary of the Saône. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Durance
- The Durance is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is 323.2 km long. Its drainage basin is 14,472 km2. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Garonne
- The Garonne ( gə-RON, garr-ON; French: [ɡaʁɔn]; Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Occitan: Garona, Occitan pronunciation: [ɡaˈɾunɔ]; Latin: Garumna (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Loire
- The Loire is the longest river in France and the 171st-longest in the world. With a length of 1,006 kilometres, it drains 117,054 km2, more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Maas
- The Meuse or Maas is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt Delta. It has a total length of 925 km. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Marne
- The Marne is a river in France, an eastern tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris. It is 514 kilometres long. The river gave its name to the departments of Haute-Marne, Marne, Seine-et-Marne, and Val-de-Marne. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Maroni
- The Maroni or Marowijne is a river in South America that forms the border between French Guiana and Suriname. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Mosel
- The Moselle is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is in its basin as it includes the Sauer and the Our. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Rhine
- The Rhine is one of the major rivers of Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss–Liechtenstein border, then part of the Swiss–Austrian border. From Lake Constance downstream, it forms part of the Swiss–German border. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Rhône
- The Rhône is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône and the Little Rhône. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Schelde
- The Scheldt is a 435-kilometre-long river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Seine
- The Seine is a 777-kilometre-long river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin covering most of northern France. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Tarn
- The Tarn is a 380.2-kilometre long river in the administrative region of Occitania in southern France. It is a right tributary of the Garonne. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Vienne
- The Vienne is a major river in south-western France. It is 363 km long. It is a significant left tributary of the lower Loire. It supports numerous hydroelectric dams, and it is the main river of the northern part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Yonne
- The Yonne is a river in France, a left-bank tributary of the Seine. It is 292 km long. The river gives its name to the Yonne département. It rises in the Nièvre département, in the Morvan hills near Château-Chinon. It flows into the river Seine at Montereau-Fault-Yonne. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Quick Answers
- How many rivers are there in France?
- YearMaps lists 19 rivers for France. This is the number mapped in the atlas, not an official national count.
- Which rivers of France also flow through other countries?
- The Doubs (also Switzerland); The Garonne (also Spain); The Litani (also Suriname); The Maas (also Netherlands, Belgium); The Maroni (also Suriname); The Mosel (also Germany); The Rhine (also Switzerland, Germany, Austria); The Rhône (also Switzerland), and 1 more in the table above.