Cher (river)

The Cher is a river in central France. It is a left tributary of the Loire River. It flows through several regions of France.
The Cher and Loir-et-Cher departments are named after this river.
Geography.
The Cher is long. Its drainage basin covers .
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Tours, Indre-et-Loire (1966 - 2017), near its mouth.
Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Tours
Course.
The Cher starts in the Massif Central, in the Mérinchal municipality, Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It starts at an altitude of about .
The Cher flows, in general, to the northwest. It goes through the following regions, departments and "communes":
At its end, the Cher flows into the Loire River at the "bec du Cher" ("beak of the Cher") in the Regional nature park Loire-Anjou-Touraine ("Parc naturel régional Loire-Anjou-Touraine") in Villandry. That is about west of the city of Tours, in the Indre-et-Loire department, at of altitude.
Main tributaries.
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 50 km, of the Cher are:
Left tributaries:
Right tributaries: