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The Garonne (Garonne,; in Occitan, Catalan, and Spanish: Garona; Garumna or Garunna) is a river in southwest France and northern Spain, with a length of. [1]

78 relations: Agen, Aigualluts, Aiguillon, Lot-et-Garonne, Aneto, Aquitanian language, Ariège (river), Arize, Arrats, Atlantic Ocean, Baïse, Bay of Biscay, Bec d'Ambès, Bordeaux, Bossòst, Cadillac, Gironde, Cambes, Gironde, Canal des Deux Mers, Canal du Midi, Castelsarrasin, Castets-en-Dorthe, Catalan language, Caving, Ciron, Dordogne (river), Drainage basin, Dropt, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Fluorescein, France, Gers (river), Gimone, Gironde, Gironde estuary, Haute-Garonne, Henry Hay (writer), Hers-Mort, Hubert Chanson, Langon, Gironde, Latin, Limestone, List of rivers of Europe, Lock (water navigation), Lot (river), Lot-et-Garonne, Louge, Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, Marmande, Mediterranean Sea, Muret, National Geographic Society, ..., Navigability, Neste (river), Norbert Casteret, Occitan language, Ourse, Pique (river), Pont de Rei, Pyrenees, River, River mouth, River source, Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, Salat (river), Save (Garonne), Sea level, Sinkhole, Smithsonian Institution, Spain, Spanish language, Tarn (river), Tarn-et-Garonne, Tidal bore, Touch (river), Toulouse, United States Geological Survey, Val d'Aran, Vielha e Mijaran, Volp. Expand index (28 more) »

Agen

The commune of Agen is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Aigualluts

Aigualluts is a karst formation and waterfall in the Province of Huesca, northeastern Spain.

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Aiguillon, Lot-et-Garonne

Aiguillon (or Auguillon; Gascon: Agulhon) is a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France.

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Aneto

Aneto is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees and in Aragon, and Spain's third-highest mountain, reaching a height of.

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Aquitanian language

The Aquitanian language was spoken on both sides of the western Pyrenees in ancient Aquitaine (approximately between the Pyrenees and the Garonne, in the region later known as Gascony) and in the areas south of the Pyrenees in the valleys of the Basque Country before the Roman conquest.

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Ariège (river)

The Ariège (Arièja, Arieja) is a 164 km long river in southern France, right tributary of the Garonne.

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Arize

The Arize is a river of France, a right affluent of the Garonne.

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Arrats

The Arrats is a 162 km long river in southern France, left tributary of the Garonne.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Baïse

The Baïse (Baïsa) is a long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Garonne.

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Bay of Biscay

The Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne, Golfo de Vizcaya, Pleg-mor Gwaskogn, Bizkaiko Golkoa) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea.

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Bec d'Ambès

The Bec d'Ambès ("beak of Ambès") is the point of confluence of the rivers Garonne and Dordogne, in the Gironde estuary.

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Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Occitan: Bordèu) is a port city on the Garonne in the Gironde department in Southwestern France.

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Bossòst

Bossòst is a small Pyrenean village and municipality located in the Aran Valley, province of Lleida, Catalonia, Northern Spain.

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Cadillac, Gironde

Cadillac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Cambes, Gironde

Cambes is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Canal des Deux Mers

The Canal des Deux Mers (Two Seas Canal) has been used to describe two different but similar things since the 1660s.

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Canal du Midi

The Canal du Midi (meaning canal of the two seas) is a long canal in Southern France (le Midi).

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Castelsarrasin

Castelsarrasin (los Sarrasins) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in Occitanie region of France.

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Castets-en-Dorthe

Castets-en-Dorthe is a former commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Catalan language

Catalan (autonym: català) is a Western Romance language derived from Vulgar Latin and named after the medieval Principality of Catalonia, in northeastern modern Spain.

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Caving

Caving – also traditionally known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland – is the recreational pastime of exploring wild (generally non-commercial) cave systems.

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Ciron

The Ciron is a left tributary of the Garonne, in Gironde, Southwest France.

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Dordogne (river)

The Dordogne (Dordonha, La Dordogne) is a river in south-central and southwest France.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Dropt

The Dropt is a river in Aquitaine, France.

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Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal on ocean sciences, with a focus on coastal regions ranging from estuaries up to the edge of the continental shelf.

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Fluorescein

Fluorescein is a manufactured organic compound and dye.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Gers (river)

The Gers is a long river in southern France, left tributary of the Garonne.

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Gimone

The Gimone is a 136 km long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Garonne.

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Gironde

Gironde (in Occitan Gironda) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwest France.

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Gironde estuary

The Gironde is a navigable estuary (often falsely referred to as a river), in southwest France and is formed from the meeting of the rivers Dordogne and Garonne just downstream of the centre of Bordeaux.

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Haute-Garonne

Haute-Garonne (Nauta Garona; Upper Garonne) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river.

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Henry Hay (writer)

Henry Hay was the pen name of June Barrows Mussey (March 30, 1910 – July 27, 1985), a journalist and translator who is notable for his writing about magic, sleight of hand and also of a large number of European authors including Lion Feuchtwanger.

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Hers-Mort

The Hers-Mort (the "Dead Hers", as opposed to the faster-flowing Hers-Vif, or "Live Hers") is a long river in southern France, a right-bank tributary of the Garonne.

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Hubert Chanson

Hubert Chanson (born 1 November 1961) is a professor in hydraulic engineering and applied fluid mechanics in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland since 1990.

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Langon, Gironde

Langon (Lengon) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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List of rivers of Europe

This page lists the principal rivers of Europe with their main attributes.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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Lot (river)

The Lot,, originally the Olt (Òlt; Oltis), is a river in France.

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Lot-et-Garonne

Lot-et-Garonne (Òlt e Garona) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.

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Louge

The Louge is a long river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Garonne.

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Louis Ramond de Carbonnières

Louis François Élisabeth Ramond, baron de Carbonnières (4 January 1755 Strasbourg – 14 May 1827), was a French politician, geologist and botanist.

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Marmande

Marmande (in Occitan, Marmanda) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne département in south-western France.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Muret

Muret (in Gascon Occitan Murèth) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.

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National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world.

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Navigability

A body of water, such as a river, canal or lake, is navigable if it is deep, wide and slow enough for a vessel to pass or walk.

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Neste (river)

The Neste is a river in southern France, a left tributary of the Garonne.

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Norbert Casteret

Norbert Casteret (19 August 1897 – 20 July 1987) was a famous French caver, adventurer and writer, and is one of the most recognisable names in caving worldwide.

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Occitan language

Occitan, also known as lenga d'òc (langue d'oc) by its native speakers, is a Romance language.

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Ourse

L'Ourse, or Ourse de Ferrère, is a French river in the Pyrenees, a tributary of la Garonne.

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Pique (river)

The Pique is a 33 km long river in southern France, left tributary of the Garonne.

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Pont de Rei

The Pont de Rei (King's Bridge, Pont du Roi, Eth Pònt de Rei) is a bridge and border crossing over the Garonne River that connects the Aran Valley of Spain with the Haute-Garonne department of France.

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Pyrenees

The Pyrenees (Pirineos, Pyrénées, Pirineus, Pirineus, Pirenèus, Pirinioak) is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between Spain and France.

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River

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.

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River mouth

A river mouth is the part of a river where the river flows into another river, a lake, a reservoir, a sea, or an ocean.

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River source

The source or headwaters of a river or stream is the furthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river.

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Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne

Saint-Gaudens (Sent-Gaudenç) is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

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Salat (river)

The Salat (Salat) is a river in southern France, a right tributary of the Garonne.

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Save (Garonne)

The Save is a 143 km long river in southern France, left tributary of the Garonne.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL) (often shortened to sea level) is an average level of the surface of one or more of Earth's oceans from which heights such as elevations may be measured.

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Sinkhole

A sinkhole, also known as a cenote, sink, sink-hole, swallet, swallow hole, or doline (the different terms for sinkholes are often used interchangeably), is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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Tarn (river)

The Tarn (Tarn, Tarnis, possibly meaning 'rapid' or 'walled in') is a long river in southern France (régions Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées), right tributary of the Garonne.

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Tarn-et-Garonne

Tarn-et-Garonne (Occitan: Tarn e Garona) is a department in the southwest of France.

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Tidal bore

A tidal bore, often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travels up a river or narrow bay against the direction of the river or bay's current.

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Touch (river)

The Touch (le Touch, Toish) is a long river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Garonne.

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Toulouse

Toulouse (Tolosa, Tolosa) is the capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the region of Occitanie.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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Val d'Aran

Aran (previously officially called Val d'Aran) is an administrative entity in Catalonia, Spain, consisting of the Aran Valley, in area, in the Pyrenees mountains, in the northwestern part of the province of Lleida.

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Vielha e Mijaran

Vielha e Mijaran is a municipality in Aran, Catalonia, Spain.

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Volp

The Volp is a 40 km long river of southwestern France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garonne

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