Segre
Segre is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 41.93°, 1.16°

About Segre
The Segre (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsɛɣɾə] or [ˈseɣɾe]; French: Sègre) is a river tributary to the Ebro (Ebre in Catalan) with a basin comprising territories across three states: France, Andorra, and Spain.
The river Segre, known to Romans and Greeks as Sicoris, and to the Arabs of Al-Andalus as Nahr az-Zaytūn (نهر الزيتون, River of Olives) has its sources on the north face of the Pic del Segre or Puigmal de Segre ("Segre's Peak") in the French department Pyrénées-Orientales (historically the comarca of Alta Cerdanya), in the Catalan Pyrenees. It follows a western direction all along the Cerdanya (Cerdagne) Valley, and crosses the town Saillagouse, the Spanish exclave Llívia, and Bourg-Madame.
It enters Spain at Puigcerdà and continues west until La Seu d'Urgell, where it meets the Valira River coming from Andorra. From this point, it adopts a south-western course across the pre-Pyrenees (with several dams along its gorges) and the western plains of Catalonia. It passes through Balaguer, Lleida, and flows into the Ebro at Mequinenza.
Among its tributaries: Valira (from Andorra), Noguera Pallaresa, Noguera Ribagorzana, and Cinca.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Segre (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Segre: Key Facts
| Length | 265 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 100 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 22,400 km² |
| Source | Llo |
| Mouth | Ebro |
| Drainage system | Ebro Basin |
| Tributaries | Noguera Ribagorzana, Noguera Pallaresa, Cinca River, Carol, riu d'Angostrina, Reür, Vanéra, Set |
Facts from Wikidata Q23145 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Segre: Quick Answers
- Where is Segre?
- Segre is located in Spain, at 41.9272° N, 1.1648° E.
- Are there dams on the Segre?
- No dam on the Segre is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.