Yvette (river)
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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. Its source is in Les Essarts-le-Roi, north of Rambouillet, in the Yvelines department. Various communes of the Essonne department are named after it: Bures-sur-Yvette, Gif-sur-Yvette and Villebon-sur-Yvette.
The Yvette crosses the following departments 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:
- Ru du Pommeret
- Ruisseau de la Goutte d'Or
- Rhodon
- Mérantaise
Right bank:
- Ru des Vaux de Cernay
- Rouillon de Valence
- Ru d'Écosse-Bouton
- Ruisseau de Montabé
- Vaularon
- Ruisseau de Paradis
- Rouillon