Seine | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
- location | Source-Seine |
Mouth | English Channel (French: La Manche) |
- location | Le Havre/Honfleur |
- coordinates | 49°26′02″N 0°12′24″E / 49.43389°N 0.20667°E |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 777 km (483 mi) |
Basin size | 79,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- location | Le Havre |
- average | 560 m3/s (20,000 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
River system | Seine basin |
Tributaries | |
- left | Yonne, Loing, Eure, Risle |
- right | Ource, Aube, Marne, Oise, Epte |
The Seine is a river in France. It flows into the English Channel between Le Havre and Honfleur. It is 777 kilometres (483 miles) long.[1] It is the second-longest river in France. Other important cities along its course are Paris, Troyes and Rouen. Its drainage basin has a surface of 78,650 kilometres (48,870.84 miles). The Seine starts in Source-Seine, in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, at an height of 444 metres (1,457 feet). The unidentified body of L’Inconnue de la Seine (English: The Unidentified Woman of Seine) was discovered there c. 1885.