Erdre

Erdre
The quai de Versailles in Nantes
Native name	Erdre (French) L'Edre (French)
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Maine-et-Loire
Mouth
• location	Loire
• coordinates	47°12′42″N 1°32′22″W
Length	97.4 km (60.5 mi)
Basin size	936 km2 (361 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	2.5 m3/s (88 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Loire→ Atlantic Ocean

The Erdre (French pronunciation: [ɛʁdʁ]; Breton: Erzh) is a 97.4 km (60.5 mi) 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.

The Erdre flows into the Loire via the St Felix canal tunnel under Rue Henri IV, emerging near the main railway station. Its former course is a main road and shopping area, the Cours des Cinquante Otages.

External links

• Media related to Erdre at Wikimedia Commons