What river flows near the Eiffel Tower?

The river that flows near the Eiffel Tower is the Seine.

The tower stands on the Champ de Mars in Paris, on the Left Bank of the Seine. Its location beside the river helped make it a spectacular centerpiece for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, with views extending across central Paris and toward the Trocadéro district.

The nearby Pont d’Iéna crosses the Seine and directly links the Eiffel Tower area with Trocadéro. Riverboats also pass the tower, making the Seine one of the most popular ways to view its four-legged iron structure from below.

The Seine is much longer than the section visible in Paris. It rises near Source-Seine in Burgundy, flows through the capital, and reaches the English Channel near Le Havre. It is sometimes confused with the Loire or Rhône, but neither flows through Paris.