Yvette (river)

Yvette
Yvette river downtown Orsay
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Orge
• coordinates	48°40′2″N 2°20′18″E / 48.66722°N 2.33833°E / 48.66722; 2.33833 (Orge-Yvette)Coordinates: 48°40′2″N 2°20′18″E / 48.66722°N 2.33833°E / 48.66722; 2.33833 (Orge-Yvette)
Length	39.3 km (24.4 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Orge→ Seine→ English Channel

The Yvette (French pronunciation: ​[ivɛt]) is a small river in southern Île-de-France (France), left tributary of the Orge, which is a tributary of the Seine. It is 39.3 km (24.4 mi) long.^[1] Its source is in Les Essarts-le-Roi, north of Rambouillet, in the Yvelines department. Various communes of the Essonne département are named after it: Bures-sur-Yvette, Gif-sur-Yvette and Villebon-sur-Yvette.

The Yvette crosses the following départements and towns:

• Yvelines: Lévis-Saint-Nom, Dampierre-en-Yvelines, Saint-Forget, Chevreuse, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
• Essonne: Gif-sur-Yvette, Bures-sur-Yvette, Orsay, Villebon-sur-Yvette, Palaiseau, Champlan, Saulx-les-Chartreux, Longjumeau, Chilly-Mazarin, Épinay-sur-Orge, Savigny-sur-Orge

Tributaries[]

Left bank:

• Mérantaise

Right bank:

• Vaularon
• Rouillon

See also[]

• Vallée de Chevreuse

References[]

External links[]

• http://www.geoportail.fr

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