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The Gironde flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay). Along its course, the Garonne is joined by three other major rivers: the Ariège, the Tarn, and the Lot. Just after Bordeaux, the Garonne meets the Dordogne at the Bec d'Ambès, forming the Gironde estuary, which after approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
A survey for a canal along the Garonne was ordered in 1828 and completed in 1830. In 1832, the state granted the private Magendie-Sion company, owned by Dion, a perpetual concession for the construction of the Canal Latéral à la Garonne using water drawn from the Garonne through the Canal de Saint-Pierre or the Canal de Brienne. Dion rejected ...
Garonne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean The Tarn ( French pronunciation: [taʁn] ⓘ ; Occitan : Tarn , Latin : Tarnis , possibly meaning 'rapid' or 'walled in') is a 380.2-kilometre (236.2 mi) long river in the administrative region of Occitania in southern France .
The Arrats is a 162 km (101 mi) long river in southern France, left tributary of the Garonne. [1] Its source is in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees, near Sariac-Magnoac. It flows north through the following départements and towns: Hautes-Pyrénées; Gers: Castelnau-Barbarens, Aubiet, Mauvezin, Saint-Clar; Tarn-et-Garonne: Saint-Loup
Garonne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean The Avance ( French pronunciation: [avɑ̃s] ⓘ ) is a river in Nouvelle-Aquitaine , France . It is a left tributary of the Garonne , into which it flows near Marmande .
In 1810 a diversion canal allowed Carcassonne to be connected. Finally, in 1857 the Canal latéral à la Garonne was opened between Toulouse and Castets-en-Dorthe, completing the link between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea that Riquet had dreamt of.
The Louge (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Loja) is a 100.0 km (62.1 mi) long river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Garonne. [1] Its source is in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, near Lannemezan. It flows generally north-northeast through the following départements and towns: Hautes-Pyrénées:
Garonne→ Gironde estuary→ Atlantic Ocean The Save ( French pronunciation: [sav] ; Occitan : Sava ) is a 144 km long river in southern France , left tributary of the Garonne . [ 1 ] Its source is in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees , south of Lannemezan .