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The Garonne (/ ɡ ə ˈ r ɒ n, ɡ æ ˈ-/, also US: / ɡ ɑː ˈ r ɔː n /, French:; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and Spanish: Garona, Occitan pronunciation:; Latin: Garumna or Garunna) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain.
The Garonne River near Bourret, France. Garonne River, most important river of southwestern France, rising in the Spanish central Pyrenees and flowing into the Atlantic by way of the estuary called the Gironde. It is 357 miles (575 km) long, excluding the Gironde Estuary (45 miles in length). Formed by two headstreams in the Maladeta Massif ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about the Canal de Garonne, a 120-mile waterway that connects the Mediterranean and the Atlantic in southwest France. Discover its history, engineering marvels, and charming towns and villages along the way.
The Garonne Valley - Val de Garonne Tourism. We can never repeat it enough, 47 is France's vegetable garden. For what ? Because Garonne ! A nourishing river par excellence, its wide valley regularly amended by annual floods makes it a territory of opulence for all cultures. Here, between the river and the hillsides, it grows well and well...
The Garonne valley. Generously irrigated by its river, the Garonne valley is a veritable Land of Plenty for epicureans. Naturally fertile, its vast plain gives rise to some of the region's tastiest specialties: Marmande tomato obviously, the strawberry le Agen prune or the hazelnut !
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The Garonne Canal in figures. Continuing the Canal du Midi, the Canal de Garonne is no exception! 16 to 20 meters mirror width (at the water surface) 17 works (1838 -1856) 87 kilometers of path just in Lot-et-Garonne. 100% accessible by bike. 143 books of art including 53 locks, 83 bridges and 7 canal bridges. 193 km total length.
Explore this waterway yourself aboard a river cruise. The 981-mile-long river passes through or borders six states on its way into Cairo, IL, where it joins the mighty Mississippi. In the late 1700s, the westward-flowing waterway became the main route for pioneers and settlers heading west from Pennsylvania, and numerous cities like Cincinnati ...
