Loir
Appearance
Loir | |
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![]() The Loir in Lavardin | |
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Native name | Le Loir Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Perche |
• elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Sarthe |
• coordinates | 47°33′27″N 0°31′35″W / 47.55750°N 0.52639°W |
Length | 317 km (197 mi) |
Basin size | 8,270 km2 (3,190 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 33 m3/s (1,200 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sarthe→ Maine→ Loire→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Loir is a 317 km (197 mi) long river in western France.[1] It is a left tributary of the Sarthe. Its source is in the Eure-et-Loir department, north of Illiers-Combray. It joins the river Sarthe in Briollay, north of the city of Angers.
It is indirectly a tributary of the Loire, and runs roughly parallel to it and slightly north of it for much of its length, and so might be regarded as a Yazoo type river.[citation needed]
Departments and towns crossed include
- Eure-et-Loir (28): Illiers-Combray, Bonneval, Châteaudun, Cloyes-sur-le-Loir
- Loir-et-Cher (41): Fréteval, Morée, Vendôme, Montoire-sur-le-Loir
- Sarthe (72): La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, Château-du-Loir, Le Lude, La Flèche
- Maine-et-Loire (49): Durtal, Lézigné, Seiches-sur-le-Loir
Tributaries include
References
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