List of tributaries of the Loire

The river Loire in France has numerous tributaries, which include the following rivers (in order, going upstream):

• Acheneau

• Boulogne

• Sèvre Nantaise (in Nantes)
• Erdre (in Nantes)
• Èvre (in Le Marillais)
• Layon (in Chalonnes-sur-Loire)
• Maine (near Angers)
• Mayenne (near Angers)
• Oudon (in Le Lion-d'Angers)
• Verzée (in Segré)
• Ernée (in Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne)
• Sarthe (near Angers)
• Loir (north of Angers)
• Braye (in Pont-de-Braye)
• Aigre (near Cloyes-sur-le-Loir)
• Yerre (near Cloyes-sur-le-Loir)
• Conie (near Châteaudun)
• Ozanne (in Bonneval)
• Vaige (in Sablé-sur-Sarthe)
• Vègre (in Avoise)
• Huisne (in Le Mans)
• Authion (in Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire)
• Thouet (near Saumur)
• Dive (near Saint-Just-sur-Dive)
• Losse (near Montreuil-Bellay)
• Argenton (near Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay)
• Thouaret (near Taizé)
• Cébron (near Saint-Loup-sur-Thouet)
• Palais (near Parthenay)
• Viette (near Parthenay)
• Vienne (in Candes-Saint-Martin)
• Creuse (north of Châtellerault)
• Gartempe (in La Roche-Posay)
• Anglin (in Angles-sur-l'Anglin)
• Salleron (in Ingrandes)
• Benaize (in Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize)
• Abloux (in Prissac)
• Brame (in Darnac)
• Semme (in Droux)
• Petite Creuse (in Fresselines)
• Clain (in Châtellerault)
• Clouère (in Château-Larcher)
• Briance (in Condat-sur-Vienne)
• Taurion (in Saint-Priest-Taurion)
• Indre (east of Candes-Saint-Martin)
• Indrois (in Azay-sur-Indre)
• Cher (in Villandry)
• Sauldre (in Selles-sur-Cher)
• Rère (in Villeherviers)
• Arnon (near Vierzon)
• Yèvre (in Vierzon)
• Auron (in Bourges)
• Airain (in Savigny-en-Septaine)
• Tardes (in Évaux-les-Bains)
• Voueize (in Chambon-sur-Voueize)
• Beuvron (in Chaumont-sur-Loire)
• Cosson (in Candé-sur-Beuvron)
• Loiret (in Orléans)
• Vauvise (in Saint-Satur)

• Allier (near Nevers)
• Sioule (in La Ferté-Hauterive)
• Bouble (in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule)
• Dore (near Puy-Guillaume)
• Alagnon (near Jumeaux)
• Senouire (near Brioude)
• Ance (in Monistrol-d'Allier)
• Chapeauroux (in Saint-Christophe-d'Allier)
• Nièvre (in Nevers)
• Acolin (near Decize)
• Aron (in Decize)
• Alène (in Cercy-la-Tour)
• Besbre (near Dompierre-sur-Besbre)
• Arroux (in Digoin)
• Bourbince (in Digoin)
• Arconce (in Varenne-Saint-Germain)
• Lignon du Forez (in Feurs)
• Furan (in Andrézieux-Bouthéon)
• Ondaine (in Unieux)
• Lignon du Velay (in Monistrol-sur-Loire)