Editing Segre (river)

{{Short description|River in France, Andorra and Spain}}
{{redirect|Sègre|the department|Sègre (department)|other uses|Segre (disambiguation){{!}}Segre}}
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{{Infobox river
 | name              = Segre 
 | image             = Lleida-Riu de Lleida.jpg
 | image_caption     = The Segre in Lleida
 | source1_location  = [[Pyrenees]]
 | source1_coordinates= {{coord|42|24|8|N|2|6|31|E|name=Segre source}}
 | mouth_location    = [[Ebro]]
 | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|41|21|42|N|0|18|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
 | progression       = {{REbro}}
 | subdivision_type1 = Countries
 | subdivision_name1 = {{hlist|[[Spain]]|[[France]]|[[Andorra]]}}
 | length            = {{convert|265|km|mi|abbr=on}}
 | source1_elevation = {{convert|2400|m|ft|abbr=on}}
 | discharge1_avg    = 
 | basin_size        = 
 | map               = Segre (rivière).png
 | map_alt           = 
 | map_caption       = Path of the Segre [http://u.osmfr.org/m/376389/]
}}

The '''Segre''' ({{IPA|ca|ˈsɛɣɾə}} {{IPA|ca|ˈseɣɾe|label=or}}; {{langx|fr|Sègre}}) is a river tributary to the [[Ebro]] (''Ebre'' in [[Catalan language|Catalan]]) with a basin comprising territories across three states: [[France]], [[Andorra]], and [[Spain]].
[[File:Font de Segre - Llo.jpg|thumb|Font de Segre, the source of the Segre, altitude 2400 metres, Llo commune, Pyrénées-Orientales, France.]]
The river Segre, known to [[Ancient Rome|Roman]]s and [[Ancient Greece|Greek]]s as '''Sicoris''', and to the [[Arab people|Arab]]s of [[Al-Andalus]] as '''Nahr az-Zaytūn''' (نهر الزيتون, river of Olives) <ref name="al-Idrisi">[http://ar.wikisource.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%82_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84.ar Nuzhatul Mushtaq (Arabic)]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> has its [[Source (river or stream)|source]]s on the north face of the [[Pic del Segre]] or ''Puigmal de Segre'' ("Segre's Peak") in the French department [[Pyrénées-Orientales]] (historically the ''comarca'' of [[Alta Cerdanya]]), in the Catalan [[Pyrenees]].<ref name="Geoportail">{{Cite web |url=http://www.geoportail.fr/ |title=Géoportail |access-date=2008-10-05 |archive-date=2010-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215171356/http://geoportail.fr/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It follows a western direction all along the [[Cerdanya]] (''Cerdagne'') Valley, and crosses the town [[Saillagouse]], the Spanish exclave [[Llívia]], and [[Bourg-Madame]].

It enters Spain at [[Puigcerdà]] and continues west until [[La Seu d'Urgell]], where it meets the [[Valira River]] coming from [[Andorra]]. From this point, it adopts a south-western course across the pre-Pyrenees (with several dams along its gorges) and the western plains of [[Catalonia]]. It passes through [[Balaguer]], [[Lleida]], and flows into the Ebro at [[Mequinenza]].

Among its tributaries: [[Valira River|Valira]] (from Andorra), [[Noguera Pallaresa]], [[Noguera Ribagorzana]], and [[Cinca River (Spain)|Cinca]].

==In Lleida==
The river Segre is an essential feature of the Lleida's geography, dividing the city in two. During the city's history, several floods have occurred, the last in the late 1970s. There is also a dam on the river, near the natural park [[La Mitjana]]. Another park, [[Els Camps Elisis]], is adjacent to the Segre.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.turismedelleida.com/documents/ca/news_lleida/news-53/reportatge.pdf?id%3Dn_ll_reportatge |title=Camps Elisis, escenari singular de la nova Lleida |first=Andrés |last=Rodríguez |journal=News Lleida |issue=May/September 2008 |pages=22–31 |language=ca |access-date=December 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717112958/http://www.turismedelleida.com/documents/ca/news_lleida/news-53/reportatge.pdf?id=n_ll_reportatge |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref>

Many bridges span the river in the city of Lleida, namely: Pont Vell, Pont del Ferrocarril, Pont Nou, Pont de la Universitat, Pont de Pardinyes, Pont de Príncep de Viana, Passarel·la de Rufea, Passarel·la dels Maristes, Passarel·la d'Onze de Setembre, Passarel·la de Pardinyes, and Passarel·la del Liceu Escolar.

== See also ==
* [[List of rivers of Spain]]
* [[List of rivers of Catalonia]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons|Segre}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080408151039/http://habitat.aq.upm.es/bpes/onu98/bp445.en.html Environmental Action for River Segre -"La Mitjana", Lleida (Spain)]

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[[Category:Ebro basin]]
[[Category:Rivers of Catalonia]]
[[Category:Rivers of France]]
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[[Category:Rivers of Aragon]]
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[[Category:Rivers of Occitania (administrative region)]]
[[Category:Rivers of Pyrénées-Orientales]]