| Eyre | |
| Map: | Eyre (fleuve).png |
| Source1 Location: | Sabres, Landes |
| Mouth Location: | Arcachon Bay |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 44.6644°N -1.0231°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | France |
| Length: | 116km (72miles) |
| Source1 Elevation: | 82m (269feet) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 18.8m3/s |
| Basin Size: | 1700km2 |
The Eyre is a coastal river that flows through the Landes of Gascony, in Aquitaine, southwest France.
The river is generally presented as the confluence of:
The combined watercourse Eyre-Grande Leyre is 115.9km (72miles) long.
Eyre is an Aquitanian hydronym. It can be found in such names as Eyres-Moncube, Landes, or the French: craste de l'Eyron (Eyron ditch) in Lacanau, Gironde. Note that Leyre is a variant of the name Eyre, affected by an agglutination of the Romance article.
The basin of the Eyre in included in the Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park.
The river takes form in the Plantiet Marsh, in Grande Lande near Sabres, Landes.
It flows north into the Bassin d'Arcachon, a large bay on the Atlantic coast, in the Pays de Buch, Gironde. Its delta of 30km2 contains the Le Teich ornithological park.
The Eyre flows through a preserved environment. Its banks are bordered by a broad-leaved forest. Branches join over the river, forming a gallery forest, that contrasts with the Landes forest, planted with maritime pines.
The Eyre flows through the following départements and towns:
The main tributary of the Eyre is the Petite-Leyre. It rises between Luxey and Retjons, in Landes, and flows northwest to join the Grande Leyre downstream from Pissos.
N.B. : (R) = right tributary; (L) = left tributary
During the establishment of the French départements in 1790, the creation of a large département corresponding to the natural region of the Landes of Gascony – that is to say, today's Landes forest (then still unplanted) – was suggested. The name of this département would have been the Eyre.