The Acolin () is a long river in France. It is a left tributary of the

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône ...

, which it meets near

Decize Decize is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. Geography The town is situated on a former island in the Loire ("en Loire assise") at the confluence of the Aron river. The right channel of the Loire was dammed up to reclaim land ...

. It flows through the departments of

Allier Allier ( , , ; oc, Alèir) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region that borders Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire to the east, Puy-de-Dôme to the south, and Creuse to the south-west. Named afte ...

and

Nièvre Nièvre () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France. Named after the river Nièvre, it had a population of 204,452 in 2019.Mercy Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French ''merci'', from Medieval Latin ''merced-'', ''merces'', from Latin, "price paid, wages", from ''merc-'', ''merxi'' "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, relig ...

(Allier) in a wooded area covered with many ponds. The source is some south-east of Moulins. Its basin drains the area between the lower reaches of the Allier in the west and the

Besbre The Besbre () is a river in central France, a left tributary of the Loire. It is long. Its source is on the mountain of Puy de Montoncel, northeast of Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, Thiers, in the Massif Central. The Besbre flows generally north, through ...

to the east. Like its neighbors, it maintains a northerly direction, for more than and eventually empties into the Loire near the town of

Avril-sur-Loire Avril-sur-Loire (, literally ''Avril on Loire'') is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. Population See also * Communes of the Nièvre department The following is a list of the 309 communes of the Nièvre department of Fra ...

, just downstream from

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Rivers of France Rivers of Allier Rivers of Nièvre Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {{France-river-stub