Loire

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river

The Loire is the longest river in France, renowned for its scenic valley dotted with historic châteaux and vineyards.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Loire River 17
Loire basin 7
Loire river system 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry France ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
drainageBasin Loire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Loire basin
economicActivity river transport (historically) ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
flowsDirection generally east to west ⓘ
flowsThrough Blois ⓘ
Nantes ⓘ
Orléans ⓘ
Saint-Nazaire ⓘ
Tours ⓘ
hasBridge Pont de Saint-Nazaire ⓘ
hasEstuary Loire estuary ⓘ
hasTributary Allier ⓘ
Allier River ⓘ
Cher ⓘ
Indre ⓘ
Loir ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
Mayenne ⓘ
Nièvre ⓘ
Sarthe ⓘ
Vienne ⓘ
isLongestRiverIn France ⓘ
knownFor Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
historic châteaux ⓘ
scenic valley landscapes ⓘ
length approximately 1,006 kilometres ⓘ
approximately 625 miles ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
surface form: Loire Valley wine region
majorCityOnRiver Angers ⓘ
Nantes ⓘ
Orléans ⓘ
Tours ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Bay of Biscay ⓘ
passesNear Chalonnes-sur-Loire ⓘ
Sully-sur-Loire ⓘ
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Franche-Comté ⓘ
surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ
Pays de la Loire ⓘ
sourceLocation Massif Central ⓘ
Mont Gerbier de Jonc ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire is a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
valley Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
surface form: Loire Valley

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haute-Loire → borderedBy → Loire ⓘ
Isère → borders → Loire ⓘ
Puy-de-Dôme → borders → Loire ⓘ
subject surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Anjou → containsRiver → Loire ⓘ
Massif Central → crossedBy → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
this entity surface form: Loire basin
Loire → drainageBasin → Loire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire basin
this entity surface form: Loire basin
Paris Basin → drainedBy → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
subject surface form: Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire
this entity surface form: Loire River
Gaul → hasPart → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire basin
this entity surface form: Loire River
Nantes → locatedOnRiver → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
Nièvre → locatedOnRiver → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
Orléans → locatedOnRiver → Loire ⓘ
Tours → locatedOnRiver → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
Duchy of Anjou → majorRiver → Loire ⓘ
France → majorRiver → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
Indre → mouthRiver → Loire ⓘ
Haute-Loire → namedAfter → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
Le Puy-en-Velay → near → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
Mayenne → partOf → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire river system
Nièvre → partOfRiverBasin → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire basin
Allier → partOfRiverSystem → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire basin
Allier → riverMouth → Loire ⓘ
Indre → riverSystem → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire basin
this entity surface form: Loire River
this entity surface form: Loire River
Haute-Loire → traversedBy → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
this entity surface form: Loire River
Nièvre → traversedBy → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
Touraine → traversedBy → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
subject surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Allier → tributaryOf → Loire ⓘ
Allier River → tributaryOf → Loire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loire River
Indre → tributaryOf → Loire ⓘ