The Lourde is a stream in the

Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named af ...

department of southwestern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It is a tributary of the

Auvézère The Auvézère (; Occitan dialect: ''Auvesera'') is a 112 km long river in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It is a tributary of the river Isle, which is itself a tributary of the Dordogne. Geography The river begins at above sea lev ...

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

. It is long. The river begins on the border of the communes of

Teillots Teillots is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Dordogne department The following is a list of the 503 communes of the Dordogne department of France. The ...

and Badefols-d'Ans. It passes

Hautefort Hautefort (; oc, Autafòrt) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It was part of the former province of Périgord. History The ancient fortress dates back to the early Middle Ages, as proved by t ...

and empties into the Auvézère in its left bank in Cherveix-Cubas, northwest of the hamlet of Saint-Martial-Laborie.

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Rivers of France Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Dordogne {{France-river-stub