Hers-Vif
Sign in to saveThe Hers-Vif (, "Live Hers" (), as opposed to the slower flowing Hers-Mort, "Dead Hers"), also named Grand Hers or simply Hers, is a long river in southern France, right tributary of the Ariège.
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- Hers-Vif
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- Pyrenees
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- Ariège
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- France
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- L'Hers-Vif à Bélesta (Ariège).JPG
- Length
- 134.9
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The Hers-Vif (, "Live Hers" (), as opposed to the slower flowing Hers-Mort, "Dead Hers"), also named Grand Hers or simply Hers, is a long river in southern France, right tributary of the Ariège.
The Hers-Vif rises at an elevation of about near the Chioula Pass of the Pyrenees, approximately north of Ax-les-Thermes. It is the major tributary of the Ariège into whose right bank it flows upstream from Cintegabelle in the Haute-Garonne.
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France
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Occitan
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Pyrenees
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Haute-Garonne
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Aude
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Occitania
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department of France
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Ariège
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Garonne
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river mouth
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Ax-les-Thermes
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Chalabre
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Ariège
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Gironde estuary
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Comus
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Cintegabelle
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La Bastide-sur-l'Hers
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Bélesta
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