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Key facts
- Native name
- Alèir ( Occitan )
- Country
- France
- Source
- Moure de la Gardille , Margeride
- Location
- Massif Central
- Coordinates
- 44°35′23″N 3°48′04″E / 44.58972°N 3.80111°E / 44.58972; 3.80111
- Elevation
- 1,503 m (4,931 ft)
- Length
- 421 km (262 mi)
- Basin size
- 14,350 km (5,540 mi )
- Average
- 140 m /s (4,900 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Loire → Atlantic Ocean
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- native label
- Allier
- Commons category
- Allier River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Loire
- watershed area
- 14321
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- origin of the watercourse
- Moure de la Gardille
- discharge
- 147
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Allier ( UK: /ˈælieɪ/ AL-ee-ay, US: /ælˈjeɪ, ɑːlˈjeɪ/ a(h)l-YAY, French: [alje] ; Occitan: Alèir) is a river in central France. It is a left tributary of the Loire. Its source is in the Massif Central, in the Lozère department, east of Mende. It flows generally north. It joins the Loire west of the city of Nevers. It is 421 km (262 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 14,350 km (5,540 mi).
Departments and towns
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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