See soorce fer Loire

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{{Geobox|River
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| name = Loire
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| image = LoireAChamptoceaux.jpg
| image_caption = River Loire Maine-et-Loire
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| country = France
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| tributary_left = [[Allier River|Allier]]
| tributary_left1 = [[Cher River|Cher]]
| tributary_left2 = [[Indre River|Indre]]
| tributary_left3 = [[Vienne River|Vienne]]
| tributary_left4 = [[Sèvre Nantaise]]
| tributary_right = [[Maine River|Maine]]
| tributary_right1 = [[Nièvre River|Nièvre]]
| tributary_right2 = [[Erdre River|Erdre]]
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| source = [[Massif Central]]
| source_location = [[Sainte-Eulalie, Ardèche|Sainte-Eulalie]]
| source_region = [[Ardèche]]
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| source_elevation = 1408
| source_elevation_note = <ref name="TocknerUehlinger2009"/>
| source_coordinates = {{coord|44|49|48|N|4|13|20|E|display=inline}}
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| mouth = Atlantic Ocean
| mouth_location = [[Saint-Nazaire]]
| mouth_region = [[Loire-Atlantique]]
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| length = 1012
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| watershed = 117000
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| discharge = 835.3
| discharge_location = [[Montjean, Charente|Montjean]]
| discharge_note = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sage.wisc.edu/riverdata/scripts/station_table.php?qual=32&filenum=1247|title=Loire River at Montjean|publisher=Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment|work=River Discharge Database|date=2010-02-13|accessdate=2011-06-30|archive-date=2011-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928103324/http://www.sage.wisc.edu/riverdata/scripts/station_table.php?qual=32&filenum=1247|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| discharge_max = 4150
| discharge_max_round = -2
| discharge_min = 60
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| map = France_map_with_Loire_highlighted.jpg
| map_caption = Cairt o Fraunce wi the Loire heichlichtit
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The '''Loire''' ({{IPA-fr|lwaʁ}}; {{lang-la|Liger}}; {{lang-oc|Léger}}; {{lang-br|Liger}}) is the langest river in Fraunce.<ref name=brit>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/346549/Loire-River Loire River], Encyclopædia Britannica on-line</ref> Wi a length o {{convert|1012|km|mi}}, it drains an auriea o {{convert|117054|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, which represents mair nor a fift o Fraunce's land aurie.<ref name="TocknerUehlinger2009">{{cite book|last1=Tockner|first1=Klement|last2=Uehlinger|first2=Urs|last3=Robinson|first3=Christopher T.|title=Rivers of Europe|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GDmX5XKkQCcC&pg=PT183|accessdate=11 April 2011|year=2009|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-12-369449-2|page=183}}</ref> It is the 170t langest river in the warld. It rises in the [[Cévennes]] in the ''[[depairtments o Fraunce|département]]'' o [[Ardèche]] at {{convert|1350|m|ft|abbr=on}} near [[Mont Gerbier de Jonc]], an flaws for ower {{convert|1000|km|mi|abbr=on}} north through [[Nevers]] tae [[Orléans]], then wast through [[Tours]] an [[Nantes]] till it reaches the [[Bay o Biscay]] at [[St Nazaire]]. Its main tributaries include the [[Maine River|Maine]], [[Nièvre River|Nièvre]] an the [[Erdre River|Erdre]] rivers on its richt bank, an the [[Allier River|Allier]], [[Cher River|Cher]], [[Indre River|Indre]], [[Vienne River|Vienne]], an the [[Sèvre Nantaise]] rivers frae the left bank. The Loire gies its name tae sax ''départements'': [[Loire (depairtment)|Loire]], [[Haute-Loire]], [[Loire-Atlantique]], [[Indre-et-Loire]], [[Maine-et-Loire]], an [[Saône-et-Loire]]. The central part o the [[Loire Valley]] wis addit tae the [[Warld Heritage Steids]] leet o [[UNESCO]] on December 2, 2000. The banks are characterized bi [[Loire Valley (wine)|vineyards]] an [[Chateaux o the Loire Valley|chateaux]] in the Loire Valley.

The Loire Valley haes been cried the "Garden o Fraunce" an is studded wi ower a thoosand [[Château|chateaux]], each wi distinct airchitectural embellishments coverin a wide range o variations,<ref name=Western>{{cite web|url=http://www.westernfrancetouristboard.com/loire.html|title=Welcome to the Loire Valley|accessdate=13 April 2011|publisher=Western France Tourist Board}}</ref> frae the early [[medieval]] tae the late [[Renaissance]] periods.<ref name="WilliamsBoone2002">{{cite book|author1=Nicola Williams|author2=Virginie Boone|title=The Loire|pages= 9–12, 14, 16–17, 19, 21–22, 24, 26, 27–36, 40–54| url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PASIo7gR7Q4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Loire&hl=en&ei=4hejTanCOoWg8QOk-omoAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=13 April 2011|date=1 May 2002|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-86450-358-6}}</ref> Thay wur oreeginally creatit as feudal stranghaulds, ower centuries past, in the strategic divide atween soothren an northren Fraunce; nou mony are privately awned.<ref name=Lonely>{{cite web|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/shop_pickandmix/previews/france-8-loire-valley-preview.pdf|title=The Loire Valley|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]|accessdate=11 March 2011|archive-date=2012-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015215745/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/shop_pickandmix/previews/france-8-loire-valley-preview.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Rivers o Fraunce]]
[[Category:Loire basin]]
[[Category:Geografie o Allier]]
[[Category:Geografie o Ardèche]]
[[Category:Geografie o Cher (depairtment)]]
[[Category:Geografie o Haute-Loire]]
[[Category:Geografie o Indre-et-Loire]]
[[Category:Geografie o Loir-et-Cher]]
[[Category:Geografie o Loire (depairtment)]]
[[Category:Geografie o Loire-Atlantique]]
[[Category:Geografie o Loiret]]
[[Category:Geografie o Maine-et-Loire]]
[[Category:Geografie o Nièvre]]
[[Category:Geografie o Saône-et-Loire]]
[[Category:Rivers o Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]]
[[Category:Rivers o Brettany]]
[[Category:Rivers o Burgundy-Franche-Comté]]
[[Category:Rivers o Centre-Val de Loire]]
[[Category:Rivers o Pays de la Loire]]