News: Paris reopens the River Seine for public swimming after century-long ban.
About Seine River
- It is a 777 km-long river in northern France.
- Drainage basin: Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin covering most of northern France.
- Origin: It originates at Source-Seine, 30 km northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau.
- It flows through Paris and ends into the English Channel at Le Havre (and Honfleur on the left bank).
- It is the second longest river of France after the Loire River.
- Important tributaries: Marne, Yonne, Oise, and Aube rivers
- Cultural importance: UNESCO has added the banks of the Seine in Paris—the Rive Gauche and Rive Droite—to its list of World Heritage Sites in Europe.
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