{"id":24451,"date":"2025-07-07T12:14:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24451"},"modified":"2025-07-08T10:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:23:45","slug":"seine-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/seine-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Seine River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Seine River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After more than a century, swimmers returned to the River Seine on Saturday, marking the first official reopening of the iconic waterway for public bathing since 1923.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About\u00a0 Seine River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>France\u2019s second-longest river after the Loire<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, covering a distance of 775 kilometers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This river has a drainage basin, known as the <\/span><b>Paris Basin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of approximately 79,000 sq.km. and drains mainly northern France.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It rises 446 meters above sea level in the wine-making region of Burgundy, near the town of Dijon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>As the Seine approaches Paris,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is<\/span><b> joined by the Marne,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one of its largest tributaries, on the right bank.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>flows through Paris<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for about 13 kilometers from west to east.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It finally <\/span><b>empties into the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-english-channel\/\" target=\"_blank\">English Channel<\/a>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an <\/span><b>arm of the Atlantic Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> separating northern France and southern England.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river\u2019s course consists of <\/span><b>5 sections.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From its source to Montereau-Fault-Yonne, it\u2019s known as the <\/span><b>Small Seine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Petite Seine).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>From there to Paris,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it\u2019s the <\/span><b>Upper Seine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Haute Seine).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Passing through Paris<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it\u2019s the<\/span><b> Paris waterway <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Travers\u00e9e de Paris).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Paris to Rouen, it\u2019s called the <\/span><b>Lower Seine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Basse Seine).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>As it finally makes its way to the English Channel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its estuary at Honfleur and Le Havre, it\u2019s known as the <\/span><b>Maritime Seine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Seine-Maritime).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the river basin is formed of <\/span><b>permeable rocks, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the absorptive capacity of which mitigates the risk of river floods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin receives modest annual precipitation ranging from 650 to 750 millimeters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About 62% of the basin is used for agriculture;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the basin hosts 25% of the French agricultural activity and 25-30% of the national industrial activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of Europe\u2019s great historic rivers, and <\/span><b>its drainage network carries most of the French inland waterway traffic.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/europe\/feel-like-a-mermaid-river-seine-reopens-after-century-long-ban-parisians-rejoice-childhood-dream\/articleshow\/122278959.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seine River is France\u2019s second-longest river after the Loire, stretching 775 kilometers and flowing through Paris before emptying into the English Channel. 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