Gers (river)

The Gers is a river in France. It flows through the Hautes-Pyrénées, Gers and Lot-et-Garonne departments, in the Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. The Gers department is named after this river.

The river's source is in the Pyrenees. It is a left tributary of the Garonne river. In general, it flows from south to north.

Geography
The Gers river has a length of  and a drainage basin with an area of .

Course
The source of the Gers is on the Plateau de Lannemezan, in the Lannemezan commune (Hautes-Pyrénées), at an altitude of .

The Gers passes through the departments and towns of:
 Hautes-Pyrénées : Lannemezan, Monléon-Magnoac
 Gers : Chélan, Panassac, Masseube, Seissan, Pavie, Auch, Preignan, Montestruc-sur-Gers, Fleurance, Lectoure 
 Lot-et-Garonne : Astaffort, Layrac

The Gers river flows through 48 communes and 11 cantons.

Finally, it flows into the Garonne river to the south of Agen (Lot-et-Garonne), in the Layrac commune, at  of altitude.

Main tributaries 
 Left tributaries
 Gèze - 
 Cédon - 
 Sousson - 
 Talouch - 
 Ousse - 
 Lauze - 
 Auchie - 
 Right tributaries
 Cier - 
 Arçon - 
 Aulouste - 

Gallery

Related pages
 List of rivers of France

 References 

Other websites

 Banque Hydro - MEDDE, «Synthèse de la Banque Hydro - (O6372510)»  

Category:Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Category:Rivers of Occitanie