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] a right-bank tributary of the Garonne.^[1] 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
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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.

Notes

1. The river was an important feature during the Battle of Toulouse (1814), contemporary British sources and many secondary sources derived from those contemporary sources, refer to this river as the Ers (Wellington 2010, pp. 425–426; Fremont-Barnes 2006, p. 995).