The Loir is a long
river
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in western
France
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.
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
Angers (, , ;) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou until the French Revolution. The i ...
.
It is indirectly a tributary of the
Loire
The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône.
It rises in the so ...
, 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.
Tributaries
*
Ozanne
*
Yerre
*
Braye
*
Aigre
*
Conie
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Eure-et-Loir
Rivers of Loir-et-Cher
Rivers of Maine-et-Loire
Rivers of Sarthe
Rivers of Centre-Val de Loire
Rivers of Pays de la Loire
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