Eure River

Eure River

Infobox River | river_name = Eure


caption = The Eure
origin = Normandy
mouth = Seine
coord|49|18|22|N|1|9|20|E|name=Seine-Eure|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 229 km
elevation = 240 m
discharge = 26 m³/s
watershed = 5,935 m²The Eure is a river in northern France, left tributary of the Seine. It rises at Marchainville in the Orne "département" and joins the Seine near Pont-de-l'Arche. Two "départements" are named after the Eure, namely Eure and Eure-et-Loir.

Places along the river:
* Orne (61): Marchainville, La Lande-sur-Eure, Neuilly-sur-Eure.
* Eure-et-Loir (28): Courville-sur-Eure, Saint-Georges-sur-Eure, Fontenay-sur-Eure, Chartres, Saint-Prest, Maintenon, Nogent-le-Roi, Mézières-en-Drouais, Cherisy, Anet.
* Eure (27): Ivry-la-Bataille, Garennes-sur-Eure, Bueil, Merey, Pacy-sur-Eure, Ménilles, Chambray, Croisy-sur-Eure, Autheuil-Authouillet, Acquigny, Louviers, Le Vaudreuil, Pont-de-l'Arche, Martot.

Its main tributaries are the Avre and the Iton.

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/H4--0200.php?cg=H4--0200 The Eure at the Sandre database]


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