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 Rhôn ...

, which it meets near Decize. It flows through the

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

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 after ...

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, in the Massif Central. The Besbre flows generally north, through the following departm ...

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 ...

, just downstream from Decize.

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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