River
Sèvre Niortaise
158 km from source to mouth · France.
FranceFlows into Atlantic Ocean
In numbers
Length
158km
Average flow
44m³/s
Basin
3,650km²
Drop
71m
from 71 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
158 km of river and 17 stops on the way: 14 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSepvretat 71 m
- 6 kmLa Mothe-Saint-Héray1,860 people
- 15 kmNanteuil1,604 people
- 24 kmAzay-le-Brûlé1,604 people
- 33 kmLa Crèche4,883 people
- 43 kmChauray4,858 people
- 46 kmSaint-Gelais1,528 people
- 50 kmÉchiré3,042 people
- 59 kmSaint-Maxire1,172 people
- 73 kmNiort59,854 people
- 83 kmBessines1,421 people
- 84 kmMagné2,975 people
- 91 kmCoulon2,203 people
- 114 kmMignontributary
- 118 kmAutizetributary
- 138 kmVendéetributary
- 142 kmMarans4,663 people
- 158 kmCharron1,756 people
- 158 kmAtlantic Oceanat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in France
At the mouth it carries 44 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 56 seconds. It drops from 71 m to 0 m, 0.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 3,650 km², about the size of CV. 266,000 people live in it. Highest water: from November to January; lowest: from July to August. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- NiortLargest city on its banks · 59,854 people
- La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport (LRH)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 59 km from the cityCar hire at LRH airport (La Rochelle)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water90 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Sèvre Niortaise, month by month
Highest water: from November to January
Lowest water: from July to August. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 14 m³/s in the lowest month to 120 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Sèvre Niortaise: the basin in numbers
3,419 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 266,000people live in the basin
- 78/km²people per km²
- 66maverage altitude of the basin
- 788mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 12.0°Caverage air temperature
- 3%protected areas
- 0.1%covered by lakes
- 0.0km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 2% Forest
- 60% Cropland
- 12% Pasture
- 2% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Sèvre Niortaise: what you find on the way
- 121WeirsClapet du Pont Charrault, Seuil Moulin de Courdevent, Clapet Moulin du Tan and 118 more
- 34LocksEcluse de Comporté, Ecluse de La Roussille, Ecluse des Bourdettes and 31 more
- 72Boat rampsPort Boinot, Base Nautique de Noron, Passe-bateau and 69 more
- 10Ferry piersBateau à Chaînes and 9 more
- 4MarinasBase nautique de Noron, Port de l'Épine, Port de l'Epine and 1 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Sèvre Niortaise in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
12beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Beaches (12)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Plage Nord19 km away20.0°C
- La Plage d'Aytré20 km away20.0°C
- Plage de l'Arénault20 km away20.0°C
- Plage de la Clavette20 km away20.0°C
- Plage des Minimes19 km away20.0°C
- Plage du Chef de Baie19 km away20.0°C
- Anse de Pampin14 km away · cove20.0°C
- Plage Sud20 km away20.0°C
4 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Isle of Ré25 km away85km²
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Sèvre Niortaise in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (6)
Also: Vendée, Autize, Mignon, Lambon, Egray, Chambon
Nearby
Rivers nearby
France381 km40 m³/s41 km awayLoireFrance1,006 km840 m³/s127 km awayGaronneFrance647 km660 m³/s152 km awayDordogneFrance483 km450 m³/s150 km awayVienneFrance372 km210 m³/s137 km awaySèvre NantaiseFrance142 km9.5 m³/s105 km awaySartheFrance314 km82 m³/s136 km awayIndre RiverFrance280 km19 m³/s137 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1225928) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Coastya, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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