Nièvre (Loire)

The Nièvre is a small river in France, right tributary of the Loire river. It flows through the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Two "communes" of the Nièvre department have the name of the river in their names: Dompierre-sur-Nièvre and La Celle-sur-Nièvre.
Geography.
The Nièvre river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of .
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 5.28 cubic metres per second at Uzy.
Course.
The source of the Nièvre is near the village "Bourras-la-Grange" in the Champlemy "commune", Nièvre department, at an altitude of about .
The Nièvre flows, in general, from the northeast to the southwest and passes through the following "cantons" and "communes", all in the Nièvre department:
Finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the Loire River in the centre of the city of Nevers, at of altitude.
Main tributaries.
The main tributaries of the Nièvre are (only right tributaries because the left tributaries are very short):
Gallery.
The Nièvre river flowing through downtown Nevers before joining the Loire river: