Laconde – like other experts– has stressed that France is facing severe drought and that it is worrying that the Loire river could soon be at its lowest in some areas since 1976.

Loire Valley: France's royal river crowned by UNESCO It's now more than a decade since the Loire Valley was recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In 2000, the 175-mile/280 km stretch of the ...

France's river Loire, famous for the hundreds of castles gracing its shores, is a shallow river at the best of times, but this year even its flat-bottom tourist barges can barely navigate waters ...

River flow is at about 40 cubic metres per second - less than a 20th of average annual levels. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Loire valley - a Unesco World Heritage site famed for majestic chateaux such as Chambord, Chenonceau and Azay-le-Rideau - has suffered historically low water levels before, but this year's ...

Paris, Aug. 17 (BNA): France's river Loire, famous for the hundreds of castles gracing its shores, is a shallow river at the best of times, but this year even its flat-bottom tourist barges can barely ...