Loir

Loir
The Loir in Lavardin
Native name	Le Loir  (French)
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 / 47.55750; -0.52639 (Sarthe-Loir)Coordinates: 47°33′27″N 0°31′35″W / 47.55750°N 0.52639°W / 47.55750; -0.52639 (Sarthe-Loir)
Length	319 km (198 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 (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ] (listen)) is a 319 km (198 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[]

• Ozanne
• Braye

References[]

External links[]

• The homepage of www.geoportail.gouv.fr

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