End of River Loire

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The Loire River is the longest river in France. With a length of 1,013 kilometers , it drains an area of 117,000 km2 , which represents more than a fifth of France's land area.
The River Originating in Ardèche, in springs on Mont Gerbier de Jonc in the north-eastern part of the southern Cévennes highlands,
Its main tributaries include the Maine River, Nièvre River and the Erdre River on the right bank, and the Allier River, Cher River, Indre River, Vienne River, and the Sèvre Nantaise River on the left
For over 2,000 years, the Loire was one of the great highways of France, but the coming of the railway in the 19th century caused a collapse in the river's commercial navigation. Several departments of France were named after the Loire.