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tributary of the Loire in France

Key facts

Native name
La Maine ( French )
Country
France
Location
Sarthe and Mayenne
Elevation
±25 m (82 ft)
Length
11.5 km (7.1 mi)
Basin size
22,194 km (8,569 sq mi)
Average
128 m /s (4,500 cu ft/s)
Progression
‹See Tfd› Loire → Atlantic Ocean

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Country
France
Continent
Europe
Image
La Maine a Angers.jpg
Length
11.5
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tributary
Sarthe
Commons category
Maine River (France)
mouth of the watercourse
Loire
watershed area
21194
category for the water basin
Category:Maine basin
discharge
132.0
different from
River Maine
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Encyclopedic overview

The Maine ( French pronunciation: [mɛːn] ) is a river, a tributary of the Loire, 11.5 km (7.1 mi) long, in the Maine-et-Loire département in France.

The confluence of the Mayenne (left, bottom) and Sarthe (left, top) rivers north of Angers. The Maine is on the right.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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