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Context: The swimming leg of the men’s triathlon event in the ongoing Paris Olympics was postponed, over concerns regarding River Seine’s water quality.
Details
Name |
The Seine |
Country |
France’s second-longest river.
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Flow |
It flows through Paris before emptying into the English Channel at Le Havre. As the Seine nears Paris, it is joined by one of its largest tributaries, the Marne, on the right bank. It eventually flows into the English Channel, a part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates northern France from southern England. |
Source |
Source-Seine in northeastern Burgundy, Langres Plateau, France. |
Mouth |
The Seine Estuary between Le Havre and Honfleur at the English Channel, arm of Atlantic ocean. |
Length |
754 km |
Basin |
75,976 km² |
Tributaries |
Left: Yonne, Loing, Eure, Risle. Right: Ource, Aube, Marne, Oise, Epte. |
Major Dams |
Lac d’Orient, Lac des Settons, Lake Der-Chantecoq, and Auzon-Temple and Amance. |
Major Cities |
Troyes, Melun, Paris, Mantes-la-Jolie, Rouen, Le Havre. |
Estuary |
The estuary experiences the phenomenon of the tidal bore, which is known as the mascaret, although continued dredging since 1867 has deepened the river so that the mascaret has gradually diminished. |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites on the Seine River
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Le Havre, Palace and Park of Versailles, Chartres Cathedral, Palace of Fontainebleau, Provins. In 1991, UNESCO added the banks of the Seine in Paris—the Rive Gauche and Rive Droite—to its list of World Heritage Sites in Europe. |
Pollution threat |
Untreated sewage being directly discharged into during heavy rain leading to increase in concentration of the bacteria E. coli in the river. |
Initiatives taken |
Swimming in the Seine had been banned since 1923. In 2015, the French government invested $ 1.5 billion in a project to clean up the river. Creation of a giant underground rainwater storage tank. |
Flooding |
The 1910 Great Flood of Paris. 2016 and 2018 Paris’s last major flooding. |
Current Olympics Situation
Sources:
Indian Express: Reference link, Wikipedia, Britanica, Save the water,
PRACTICE QUESTION Q. Consider the following rivers. 1. Danube River 2. Dnieper River 3. Seine River 4. Rhine River How many of the above River/s flows into Black Sea? A. Only one B. Only two C. Only three D. All four Answer B Danube River and Dnieper River drains into the Black Sea. |
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