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The Segre ( ; ) is a river tributary to the Ebro ( Ebre in Catalan language) with a basin comprising territories across three states: France, Andorra, and Spain. The river Segre, known to Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece as Sicoris, and to the Arab people of Al-Andalus as Nahr az-Zaytūn (نهر الزيتون, river of Olives) Nuzhatul Mushtaq (Arabic) has its sources on the north face of the Pic del Segre or Puigmal de Segre ("Segre's Peak") in the French department Pyrénées-Orientales (historically the comarca of Alta Cerdanya), in the Catalan Pyrenees. It follows a western direction all along the Cerdanya ( Cerdagne) Valley, and crosses the town Saillagouse, the Spanish exclave Llívia, and Bourg-Madame.
It enters Spain at Puigcerdà and continues west until La Seu d'Urgell, where it meets the Valira River 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, and flows into the Ebro at Mequinenza.
Among its tributaries: Valira River (from Andorra), Noguera Pallaresa, Noguera Ribagorzana, and Cinca.
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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