Erdre
Sign in to saveThe Erdre (; ) is a long river in western France, right tributary to the Loire. Its source is in the Maine-et-Loire department, near La Pouëze. It flows through the departments Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique. The Erdre meets the Loire in the city of Nantes. Other towns on the Erdre, going downstream, are Candé, Riaillé, Nort-sur-Erdre and Sucé-sur-Erdre.
Key facts
- River.name
- Erdre
- River.image
- Nantes Erdre-02.jpg
- River.map
- Erdre.png
- River.image_caption
- The in Nantes
- River.source1_location
- Maine-et-Loire
- River.mouth_location
- Loire
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 9
- Image
- Nort-sur-Erdre Hafen.jpg
- Length
- 97.4
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- Commons category
- Erdre
- watershed area
- 974
- discharge
- 2.5
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The Erdre (; ) is a long river in western France, right tributary to the Loire. Its source is in the Maine-et-Loire department, near La Pouëze. It flows through the departments Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique. The Erdre meets the Loire in the city of Nantes. Other towns on the Erdre, going downstream, are Candé, Riaillé, Nort-sur-Erdre and Sucé-sur-Erdre.
South of Nort-sur-Erdre, the river flows through reclaimed marshland, and is up to a kilometer wide at the Plaine de Mazerolles near Sucé-sur-Erdre. At the Plaine de la Poupiniere, the Nantes-Brest canal joins the Erdre.
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3 mapped locations