Hers-Mort

Infobox River | river_name = Hers-Mort


caption =
origin = Lauragais
mouth = Garonne
coord|43|46|28|N|1|19|37|E|name=Garonne-Hers-Mort|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 90 km
elevation =
discharge = 4 m³/s
watershed = The Hers-Mort ("Dead Hers", as opposed to the faster flowing Hers-Vif, "Live Hers") is a 90 km long river in southern France, right tributary of the Garonne. Its average flow rate is 4 m³/s. The Hers-Mort rises in the Lauragais region, near the village Fonters-du-Razès, in the Aude department. It flows northwest through the following departments and towns:

*Aude: Payra-sur-l'Hers, Salles-sur-l'Hers
*Haute-Garonne: Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Baziège, Toulouse, Saint-Jory

It flows into the Garonne near Grenade-sur-Garonne. Its waters, augmented by the Girou which flows into its right bank, irrigate the market gardens around Toulouse. The Hers-Mort crosses the Canal du Midi near Villefranche-de-Lauragais.

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/O2--0250.php?cg=O2--0250 The Hers-Mort at the Sandre database]