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Its population has decreased from about 100,000 in the 19th century to below 100 in the 1990s that resulted in the adoption of a total ban of salmon fishing in the Loire basin in 1984. A salmon restoration program was initiated in the 1980s and included such measures as removal of two obsolete hydroelectric dams and introduction of juvenile stock.
The river Loire in France has numerous tributaries, which include the following rivers (in order, going upstream): Map of the Loire basin showing the major tributaries. Acheneau. Boulogne; Sèvre Nantaise (in Nantes) Erdre (in Nantes) Èvre (in Le Marillais) Layon (in Chalonnes-sur-Loire) Maine (near Angers) Mayenne (near Angers) Oudon (in Le ...
Loire was created in 1793 when the Rhône-et-Loire département was split into two, about three years after it was created in 1790. This was a response to counter-revolutionary activities in Lyon which, by population, was the country's second largest city.
Rive de Gier is Located in the Loire department, on the border of the Rhône department, 25 km from Saint-Étienne, 38 km from Lyon and 11 km from the town of Saint Chamond. The altitude of the city varies from 227 to 394 meters. The municipal territory is located above the Loire coal basin.
The river's path marks a geological fault in the Loire coal basin. [10] In 1838 the Saint-Philippe mines were sunk on the right bank of the Dorlay to a depth of 170 metres (560 ft), but did not find any significant coal deposits. [11]
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Category:Loire basin is a sub-category of Category:Drainage basins and part of WP:WikiProject Rivers. Content. This category is intended for all waterbodies (i.e. rivers, lakes, canals, marshes, etc.) that form part of the drainage basin of the main river. To search geographically, use the Category:Rivers by country and Category:Rivers by ...
Dec. 5—CASHMERE — The Columbia Basin Project is making gradual progress toward completion with significant accomplishments for the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program and other milestones ...