The French very nearly have two Rivers Loire. There is the Loire, feminine and spelled with an 'e' at the end, and then there is the Loir, masculine and without an 'e' to its name.
La Loire (feminine, with an 'e') is the longest river in France. It rises in the volcanic mountains of the Auvergne, flows north and then turns west before finally emerging into the Bay of Biscay by St Nazaire after some 629 miles. Le Loir (masculine, without an 'e') on the other hand, is a mere tributary of the larger Loire - although there are those who claim it a more beautiful river. I have no photo of le Loir and the picture above is of La Loire at Champtoceaux, just a few miles upstream from Nantes, near the Atlantic.
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