Hers-Mort

The Hers-Mort (French pronunciation: [ɛʁs mɔʁ]; Occitan: Èrs Mòrt; the "Dead Hers", as opposed to the faster-flowing Hers-Vif, or "Live Hers") is a 89.3-kilometre (55.5 mi) long river in southern France, a right-bank tributary of the Garonne. Its average flow rate is 4 cubic metres per second (140 cu ft/s). The Hers-Mort rises in the Lauragais region, near the village Fonters-du-Razès, in the Aude department. It flows northwest through the following departments and towns:

• Aude: Payra-sur-l'Hers, Salles-sur-l'Hers
• Haute-Garonne: Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Baziège, Toulouse, Saint-Jory

Hers-Mort
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lauragais
Mouth
• location	Garonne
• coordinates	43°46′28″N 1°19′37″E
Length	89 km (55 mi)
Discharge
• average	4 m3/s (140 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Garonne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean

It flows into the Garonne near Grenade-sur-Garonne. Its waters, augmented by the Girou which flows into its right bank, irrigate the market gardens around Toulouse. The Canal du Midi crosses the Hers-Mort near Villefranche-de-Lauragais via the Hers Aqueduct.

References

Sources

• Fremont-Barnes, Gregory (2006), The encyclopedia of the French revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: a political, social, and military history, vol. 1 (illustrated ed.), ABC-CLIO, ISBN 9781851096466
• Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of (2010), "Letter to Earl of Bathhurst, Toulouse 12 April 1814", in Wellesley, Arthur; Gurwood, John (eds.), The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington: During His Various Campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France, vol. 7 (reprint ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 425–426, ISBN 9781108025218{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)