Gesvres (Erdre)

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Gesvres
Muzzle into the Erdre

Muzzle into the Erdre

Data
Water code FR :  M6354000
location France , Pays de la Loire region
River system Loire
Drain over Erdre  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Vigneux-de-Bretagne
47 ° 18 ′ 41 ″  N , 1 ° 45 ′ 41 ″  W
Source height approx.  82  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Nantes and La Chapelle-sur-Erdre in the Erdre Coordinates: 47 ° 15 ′ 18 ″  N , 1 ° 32 ′ 23 ″  W 47 ° 15 ′ 18 ″  N , 1 ° 32 ′ 23 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  5  m
Height difference approx. 77 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.9 ‰
length 27 km
Big cities Nantes
Small towns Vigneux-de-Bretagne , Treillières , La Chapelle-sur-Erdre

The Gesvres is a river in France that runs in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises in the municipality of Vigneux-de-Bretagne , first drains in a north-easterly direction, then turns to west and southwest and flows after 27 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Nantes and La Chapelle-sur-Erdre as a right tributary into the Erdre , which in this Section forms the canal Canal de Nantes à Brest .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Web links

Commons : Gesvres  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on May 15, 2014, rounded to full kilometers