The Seudre () is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the

Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Chérente-Marine''; ) is a Departments of France, department in the French Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente (river), Charen ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

'', southwestern

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, flowing into the

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. It is long. Its source is near

Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge (, literally ''Saint-Genis of Saintonge'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of th ...

. It flows northwest through

Saint-André-de-Lidon Saint-André-de-Lidon () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population Sights * Parc botanique Deau See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 462 com ...

Saujon Saujon () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 462 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of Fr ...

and

La Tremblade La Tremblade () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. Toponymy The name of the town probably derives from the presence of aspen trees (French: ''tremblers'') in the ...

. It flows into the

near Marennes. The lower course of the Seudre is

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, and is used for

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References

Rivers of France Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Charente-Maritime 0Seudre {{France-river-stub