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ALLIER (anc. Slaver)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 696 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALLIER (anc. Slaver) , a See also:river of central See also:France flowing into the See also:Loire. It rises in the See also:department of See also:Lozere, among the Margeride mountains, a few See also:miles See also:east of the See also:town of See also:Mende. The upper course of the Allier separates the mountains of the Margeride from those of the Velay and lies for the most See also:part through deep See also:gorges. The river then traverses the plains of Langeac and See also:Brioude, and receives the See also:waters of the Alagnon some miles above the town of See also:Issoire. Swelled by torrents from the mountains of See also:Dore and See also:Dome, it unites with the river Dore at its entrance to the department to which it gives its name. It then flows through a wide but shallow channel, joining the Sioule some distance above See also:Moulins, the See also:chief town on its See also:banks. It soon after becomes the boundary See also:line between the departments of See also:Cher and See also:Nievre, and reaches the Loire 4 m. See also:west of See also:Nevers, after a course of 269 M. Its See also:basin has an See also:area. of 6755 sq. m. The Allier is classed as navigable for the last 154 M. of its course, but there is little See also:traffic on it.

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