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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 Eyre in the Moors of Gascony

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. Landes is a département in southern France. ...

It flows north into the Bassin d'Arcachon, a large bay on the Atlantic coast, in the Pays de Buch, Gironde. Its delta, large of some 3 000 ha, harbors the ornithological park of Le Teich. Gironde is a département in the southwest of France named after the Gironde Estuary. ... Delta may refer to: Look up delta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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. Binomial name Pinus pinaster Aiton The Maritime Pine (Pinus pinaster) is a pine native to the western Mediterranean region. ...

Départements and towns

The Eyre flows through the following départements and towns:

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

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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. Look up tributary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

• (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. Year 1790 (MDCCXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... A Natural region is one which is distinguished by its natural features of geography and usually more importantly, geology. ...

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. A hydronym (from Greek hudor, water and onuma, name) is a proper name of a body of water. ...

Activities on the River

• Canoeing (canoes rentals)

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