The Segre ( or ; french: Sègre) is a river tributary to the Ebro (''Ebre'' in

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) with a basin comprising territories across three states: France, Andorra and Spain. The river Segre, known to Romans and Greeks as Sicoris, and to the Arabs of Al-Andalus as Nahr az-Zaytūn (نهر الزيتون, river of Olives) Nuzhatul Mushtaq (Arabic)
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Pic del Segre Pic del Segre or Puigmal del Segre is a mountain of France and Spain. Located in the Pyrenees, close to Vall de Núria it has an elevation of above sea level.. The Segre River The Segre ( or ; french: Sègre) is a river tributary to the Ebro ...

or ''Puigmal de Segre'' ("Segre's Peak") in the French department

Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...

(historically the ''comarca'' of

Alta Cerdanya French Cerdagne ( ca, Alta Cerdanya, ) is the northern half of Cerdanya, which came under French control as a result of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, while the southern half remained in Spain (as part of Catalonia). Catalans often refer t ...

), in the Catalan Pyrenees.Géoportail
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Cerdanya Cerdanya () or often La Cerdanya ( la, Ceretani or ''Ceritania''; french: Cerdagne; es, Cerdaña), is a natural comarca and historical region of the eastern Pyrenees divided between France and Spain. Historically it was one of the counties ...

(''Cerdagne'') Valley, and crosses the town

Saillagouse Saillagouse (; ca, Sallagosa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. The inhabitants are called ''Saillagousains''. Geography Saillagouse is in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondisseme ...

, the Spanish exclave Llívia and Bourg-Madame. It enters Spain at

Puigcerdà Puigcerdà (; es, Puigcerdá) is the capital of the '' Catalan comarca'' of Cerdanya, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, northern Spain, near the Segre River and on the border with France (it abuts directly onto the French town of Bourg-Ma ...

and continues west until La Seu d'Urgell, where it meets the

Valira River The Gran Valira (, es, Río Valira) is the largest river in Andorra. It flows through the capital, Andorra la Vella, and exits the country in the south near the Spain–Andorra road border crossing. The Gran Valira is a tributary to the Se ...

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 Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

and flows into the Ebro at Mequinenza. Among its tributaries: Valira (from Andorra),

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, Noguera Ribagorzana,

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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. 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.

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Environmental Action for River Segre -"La Mitjana", Lleida (Spain)
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In Lleida

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