Escotais
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Escotais Nais |
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 The river in Saint-Paterne-Racan |
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| Water code | FR : M1354000 | |
| location | France , Center-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire regions | |
| River system | Loire | |
| Drain over | Loir → Sarthe → Maine → Loire → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | in the municipality of Neuillé-Pont-Pierre, 47 ° 31 ′ 50 ″ N , 0 ° 34 ′ 9 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 115 m | |
| muzzle | in the municipality of Dissay-sous-Courcillon in the Loir Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 50 ″ N , 0 ° 27 ′ 55 ″ E 47 ° 40 ′ 50 ″ N , 0 ° 27 ′ 55 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 47 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 68 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 2.8 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 24 km | |
| Right tributaries | Vandœuvre | |
The Escotais (also known as the Nais in the lower reaches ) is a river in France that runs through the Center-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire regions. It rises in the municipality of Neuillé-Pont-Pierre , drains generally in a north-west direction and flows into the Loir as a left tributary after around 24 kilometers in the municipality of Dissay-sous-Courcillon . On its way, the Escotais crosses the Indre-et-Loire and Sarthe departments and is accompanied by the Tours – Le Mans railway line .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Launay , municipality of Neuillé-Pont-Pierre
- Thoriau , municipality of Neuillé-Pont-Pierre
- Saint-Paterne-Racan
- Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais
- Dissay-sous-Courcillon