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Key facts
- Native name
- Char ( Occitan )
- Country
- France
- Location
- Massif Central
- Elevation
- 762 m (2,500 ft)
- Length
- 365.1 km (226.9 mi)
- Basin size
- 13,718 km (5,297 mi )
- Average
- 104 m /s (3,700 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Loire → Atlantic Ocean
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 714
- Image
- Azay-sur-Cher - le Cher.jpg
- Length
- 365.14
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- watershed area
- 13920
- Commons category
- Cher river
- discharge
- 95.9
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The Cher (/ʃɛər/ SHAIR, French: [ʃɛʁ] ; Occitan: Char) is a river in central France, a left tributary of the Loire, with a length of 365.1 km (226.9 mi), and a basin area of 13,718 km (5,297 sq mi). The source is in the Creuse department, north-east of Crocq. It joins the river Loire at Villandry, west of Tours.
The river suffered a devastating flood in 1940, which damaged the Château de Chenonceau, which spans the river, and other structures along the banks. It owes its name to the pre-Indo-European root kʰar 'stone'.
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