Geography of Eure-et-Loir
The culminating point of Eure-et-Loir, is located in the Perche. It is the hill of Vichères or the slope of Rougemont to 5 kilometers of Thiron-Kept. Its height is of 285 meters.
The place low is located at the place or the the Eure leaves the department, with 48 meters above the sea level.
The department owes its name with the two rivers which cross it: the Eure which is an affluent of the Seine and the Loir which belongs to the basin of the the Loire. The situation of the department of Eure-et-Loir on the boundary line of water of the basins of the the Seine and the the Loire in fact a department with the contrasted areas.
The Beauce constitutes the essence of the territory of this department. Located at south-east, it is the area of plain with well-known cereal culture. The west of the department consists of part of the Pole, with its landscapes of hills and scrap-metals. In the North-West, one finds the Thymerais and the Drouais, who have already paces of Normandy.
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