The Loire's tributaries include the following rivers, in order going upstream:
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- Acheneau
- Sèvre Nantaise (in Nantes)
- Erdre (in Nantes)
- Èvre (in Le Marillais)
- Layon (in Chalonnes-sur-Loire)
- Maine (near Angers)
- Mayenne (near Angers)
- Oudon (in Le Lion-d'Angers)
- Ernée (in Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne)
- Sarthe (near Angers)
- Loir (north of Angers)
- Braye (in Pont-de-Braye)
- Aigre (near Cloyes-sur-le-Loir)
- Yerre (near Cloyes-sur-le-Loir)
- Conie (near Châteaudun)
- Ozanne (in Bonneval)
- Vaige (in Sablé-sur-Sarthe)
- Vègre (in Avoise)
- Huisne (in Le Mans)
- Loir (north of Angers)
- Mayenne (near Angers)
- Authion (in Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire)
- Thouet (near Saumur)
- Dive (near Saint-Just-sur-Dive)
- Losse (near Montreuil-Bellay)
- Argenton (near Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay)
- Thouaret (near Taizé)
- Cébron (near Saint-Loup-sur-Thouet)
- Palais (near Parthenay)
- Viette (near Parthenay)
- Vienne (in Candes-Saint-Martin)
- Creuse (north of Châtellerault)
- Gartempe (in La Roche-Posay)
- Petite Creuse (in Fresselines)
- Clain (in Châtellerault)
- Clouère (in Château-Larcher)
- Briance (in Condat-sur-Vienne)
- Taurion (in Saint-Priest-Taurion)
- Creuse (north of Châtellerault)
- Indre (east of Candes-Saint-Martin)
- Indrois (in Azay-sur-Indre)
- Cher (in Villandry)
- Sauldre (in Selles-sur-Cher)
- Rère (in Villeherviers)
- Arnon (near Vierzon)
- Yèvre (in Vierzon)
- Auron (in Bourges)
- Airain (in Savigny-en-Septaine)
- Tardes (in Évaux-les-Bains)
- Sauldre (in Selles-sur-Cher)
- Beuvron (in Chaumont-sur-Loire)
- Cosson (in Candé-sur-Beuvron)
- Loiret (in Orléans)
- Vauvise (in Saint-Satur)
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- Allier (near Nevers)
- Sioule (in La Ferté-Hauterive)
- Dore (near Puy-Guillaume)
- Alagnon (near Jumeaux)
- Senouire (near Brioude)
- Ance (in Monistrol-d'Allier)
- Chapeauroux (in Saint-Christophe-d'Allier)
- Nièvre (in Nevers)
- Acolin (near Decize)
- Aron (in Decize)
- Alène (in Cercy-la-Tour)
- Besbre (near Dompierre-sur-Besbre)
- Arroux (in Digoin)
- Arconce (in Varenne-Saint-Germain)
- Lignon du Forez (in Feurs)
- Furan (in Andrézieux-Bouthéon)
- Ondaine (in Unieux)
- Lignon du Velay (in Monistrol-sur-Loire)