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:
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.