Cher River

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The Cher River is a major tributary of the Loire in central France, known for flowing past historic châteaux such as Chenonceau and through the Touraine region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cher River canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
basinCountry France ⓘ
confluenceLocation Château de Villandry ⓘ
surface form: Villandry
country France ⓘ
drainageBasin Loire ⓘ
surface form: Loire basin
flowsDirection generally northwest ⓘ
flowsPast Château de Chenonceau ⓘ
flowsThrough Allier department ⓘ
Bléré ⓘ
Cher department ⓘ
Creuse department ⓘ
Indre-et-Loire department ⓘ
Montluçon ⓘ
Montrichard ⓘ
Puy-de-Dôme department ⓘ
Romorantin-Lanthenay ⓘ
Saint-Amand-Montrond ⓘ
Touraine ⓘ
Tours ⓘ
surface form: Tours metropolitan area

Vierzon ⓘ
hasBridge Chenonceau bridge ⓘ
hasFloodRisk yes ⓘ
hasValley Valley of the Cher ⓘ
length 367 km ⓘ
approximately 228 miles ⓘ
locatedIn central France ⓘ
majorTributaryStatus major tributary of the Loire in central France ⓘ
mouth Loire ⓘ
surface form: Loire River
notableFor passing historic châteaux ⓘ
role in Touraine wine region ⓘ
passesThrough Limagne plain vicinity ⓘ
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ
rightTributaryOf Loire ⓘ
surface form: Loire River
sourceCountry France ⓘ
sourceLocation Massif Central ⓘ
near Mérinchal ⓘ
tributaryOf Loire ⓘ
surface form: Loire River
usedFor inland navigation (limited) ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
watercourseType navigable in parts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Touraine → traversedBy → Cher River ⓘ
Cher → namedAfter → Cher River ⓘ
Cher → traversedBy → Cher River ⓘ
Cher → hasRiver → Cher River ⓘ
Montluçon → river → Cher River ⓘ
Montluçon → locatedOn → Cher River ⓘ
Berry → notableRiver → Cher River ⓘ
Saint-Amand-Montrond → locatedOn → Cher River ⓘ
Loir-et-Cher → namedAfter → Cher River ⓘ
Cher department → namedAfter → Cher River ⓘ
subject surface form: Cher (department)
Cher department → hasRiver → Cher River ⓘ
subject surface form: Cher (department)
Duchy of Berry → river → Cher River ⓘ