Yvette (river)

The Yvette 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 long. Its source is in Les Essarts-le-Roi, north of Rambouillet, in the Yvelines department. Various communes of the Essonne département are named after it: Bures-sur-Yvette, Gif-sur-Yvette and Villebon-sur-Yvette.

The Yvette crosses the following départements 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