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The river is 780 km (485 miles) long, France's second longest (after the Loire). Its main tributariesA tributary (or affluent or confluent is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. A tributary joins another river at a confluenc are the Aube , MarneThe Marne is a river in France, a tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris. It is about 525 km (326 mi) long. The river gives its name to the Marne department; during World War I two battles were fought along it. The Marne starts in and OiseThe Oise river is a tributary of the Seine River in France. It gave its name to two French departements Oise and Val-d'Oise. Cities along the river include: Compiegne See also: Rivers of France French rivers. rivers from the north and the Yonne and EureThe Eure River ist a river in northern France. It rises at Marchainville in the Orne departement and joins the Seine near Pont-de-l'Arche. Two departements are named after the Eure, namely Eure and Eure-et-Loir. The most important city along the Eure is C rivers from the south. It is connected with canalCanal du Midi in Toulouse, France Canals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans. They are used for transportation, often by barges or narrowboats on smaller canals, and by ships on ship canals that connect to the oceas to the ScheldtThe Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde French l'Escaut is a 350 km (217 miles) long river that finds its origin in the north of France, enters Belgium and near Antwerp flows west into the Netherlands towards the North Sea. It is the main river through the Belgian ci (also called the Escaut), MeuseThe Meuse ( Dutch Maas is a large European river rising in France, and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands, draining in the North Sea. Its length is 900 km (560 miles). The river rises in the Langres Plateau, France and flowing north past Sedan (t, Rhine, Saône and Loire rivers.
The Seine rises in the French région of Burgundy, in the département of Côte-d'Or, 30 km (18 miles) northwest of Dijon at a height of 471 metres (1545 feet). The river then flows through Troyes to Paris.
In Paris, narrowed between high stone embankments, the river carries commercial barges, waterbuses and large tourist boats ( bateaux-mouches). From the water, fine views are seen of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay (housing Paris' collection of Impressionist art), the Conciergerie and the Eiffel Tower. The northern side of the river is described as the Right Bank (Rive Droite) and the southern side as the Left Bank (Rive Gauche), because when facing the same direction that the river flows, these are the directions to the left and right.
The river then meanders in large loops through Normandy and Rouen, entering the English Channel (La Manche) in an estuary between Le Havre and Honfleur.
The Seine is dredged and oceangoing vessels can dock at Rouen, 120 km (75 miles) from the sea. Commercial riverboats can use the river from Bar-sur-Seine , 560 km (350 miles) from its mouth. At Paris, the river is only 24 metres (80 feet) above sea level, 445 km (277 miles) from its mouth, making it slow flowing and thus easily navigable.
The water of the Seine is an important resource. Electric power stations, thermal and nuclear, pull their cooling water from the river. Half the water used in the Paris region, both for industry and for consumption, and three quarters of the water used in the area between Rouen and Le Havre, is taken from the river.