Loire

(lə wär; Fr lwȧr)

river flowing from S France north & west into the Bay of Biscay: 625 mi (1,006 km)

See Loire in American Heritage Dictionary 4

The longest river of France, rising in the Cévennes and flowing about 1,014 km (630 mi) north, northwest, and west to the Bay of Biscay.
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