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The Hers-Vif ("Live Hers", as opposed to the slower flowing Hers-Mort, "Dead Hers"), also named ''Grand Hers'' or simply ''Hers'', is a long river in southern France, right tributary of the Ariège River. The Hers-Vif rises at an elevation of about near the Chioula Pass of the Pyrenees, approximately north of Ax-les-Thermes. It is the major tributary of the Ariège into whose right bank it flows upstream from Cintegabelle in the Haute-Garonne. It flows some through the Pyrenees, descending to the village of Peyrat, where it reaches a piedmont plain. Its valley widens as it traverses the plain, reaching the medieval city of Mirepoix, which marks the start of its lower valley. Several rivers flow into it: *From the Pyrenees: the Lasset; the Fontaine de Fontestorbes; the Touyre *From the piedmont plain and hills: the Blau and the Douctouyre; *From the hills of Lauragais and Razès: the Ambronne and the Vixiège. Departments and towns along its course are: *Ariège: Prades, Bélesta, La Bastide-sur-l'Hers, Mirepoix, Mazères *Aude: Comus, Chalabre *Haute-Garonne: Calmont ==Floods== The Hers is probably known as ''vif'' (''intense'' or ''rapid'' in this context) because of its sometimes spectacular floods – that of 16 June 1289 having entirely destroyed Mirepoix. More recently, there have been: * 23 June 1875: estimated flow rate of at Mazères; * 6 February 1919: estimated flow rate of at Mazères; * 19 May 1977: estimated flow rate of at Mazères; * 16 January 1981: estimated flow rate of at Mazères; * 11 June 2000: estimated flow rate of at Mazères; * 24 January 2004: estimated flow rate of at Mazères. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hers-Vif」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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