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The rivers are grouped by sea or ocean. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Some rivers (e.g. Sûre/Sauer) do not flow through France themselves, but they are mentioned for having French tributaries. They are given in italics. For clarity, only ...
The river was also the site of the men's and women's event for marathon swimming, as well as the swimming portion of the triathlon. [46] Although swimming in the Seine had been banned since 1923, a €1.4 billion cleanup effort by the French government sought to reduce bacterial levels in the river to those safe for swimming. [47]
The Charente (French: ⓘ; Occitan: Charanta [tʃaˈɾantɔ]) is a 381-kilometre (237 mi) long river in southwestern France. [1] Its source is in the Haute-Vienne département at Chéronnac, a small village near Rochechouart. It flows through the departments of Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Charente-Maritime.
The Loing (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a 143 km (89 mi) long river in central France, a left tributary of the Seine. [1]Its source is in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the southwestern of the department of Yonne, and it flows into the Seine in Saint-Mammès, near Moret-sur-Loing.
The Moselle (/ m oʊ ˈ z ɛ l / moh-ZEL, [1] French: ⓘ; German: Mosel ⓘ; Luxembourgish: Musel ⓘ) 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.
The Sambre (French:) is a river in northern France and in Wallonia, Belgium. It is a left-bank tributary of the Meuse, which it joins in the Wallonian capital Namur. The source of the Sambre is near Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, in the Aisne department. It passes through the Franco-Belgian coal basin, formerly an important industrial district.
The Oise (/ w ɑː z / WAHZ; French: ⓘ) is a river of Belgium and France, flowing for 341 km (212 mi) [1] from its source in the Belgian province of Hainaut, south of Chimay.It crosses the border with France after about 20 km (12 mi), and flows into the Seine at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a north-western suburb of Paris.
The river has a discharge rate of 863 m 3 /s (30,500 cu ft/s), which is an average over the period 1967–2008. [3] The discharge rate varies strongly along the river, with roughly 350 m 3 /s (12,000 cu ft/s) at Orléans and 900 m 3 /s (32,000 cu ft/s) at the mouth.