Eyre River

Eyre River

Infobox River | river_name = Eyre


caption =
origin = Sabres, Landes
mouth = Arcachon Bay
coord|44|39|52|N|1|1|23|W|name=Arcachon Bay-Eyre|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 118 km
elevation = 82 m
discharge = 18.8 m³/s
watershed = 1,700 km²The Eyre is a coastal river that flows through the Moors of Gascony, in Aquitaine, Southwest France.

The river is generally presented as the confluence of:
* the Grande Leyre ("Large Leyre"), its principal course, upstream from Moustey,
* the Petite Leyre ("Small Leyre"), its main tributary.

"Note that "Leyre" is a variant of the name "Eyre", affected by an agglutination of the Romance article".

Geography

The basin of the Eyre in included in the parc régional des Landes de Gascogne ("National Park of the Moors of Gascony").

The river takes form in the "Plantiet Marsh", in "Grande Lande" near Sabres, Landes.

It flows north into the Bassin d'Arcachon, a large bay on the Atlantic coast, in the Pays de Buch, Gironde. Its delta of 30 km² contains the Le Teich ornithological park.

The Eyre flows through a preserved environment. Its banks are bordered by a broad-leaved forest. Branches join over the river, forming a gallery forest, that contrasts with the Landes forest, planted with maritime pines.

Départements and towns

The Eyre flows through the following "départements" and towns:

* Landes: Pissos
* Gironde: Belin-Béliet, Salles, Mios, Le Teich

Tributaries

The main tributary of the Eyre is the "Petite-Leyre". It rises between Luxey and Retjons, in Landes, and flows northwest to join the "Grande Leyre" downstream from Pissos.

* (R) Petite Leyre

"N.B. : (R) = right tributary; (L) = left tributary"

Historical anecdote

During the creation of French "départements" in 1790, it has been suggested to create a large "département" matching with the natural region of "Moors of Gascony", that is the today Landes forest (by the time not yet planted). The name of this "département" would have been the "Eyre".

Name

"Eyre" is an Aquitanian hydronym. It can be found in names as "Eyres-Moncube", Landes, or the "craste de l'Eyron" ("Eyron ditch") in Lacanau, Gironde.

Activities on the river

* Canoeing (canoes rentals)

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/S2--0250.php?cg=S2--0250 The Eyre/Grande Leyre at the Sandre database]


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