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[12] [13] [14] From Aigualluts to the confluence with the main river at the bed of the upper Garonne valley at 800 metres (2,600 ft) above sea level, the Joèu has run for 12.4 kilometres (7.7 mi) (16 kilometres more to get to the French border), carrying 2.16 cubic metres per second (76 cu ft/s) of water, whilst the main river is carrying 17.7 ...
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 ...
The Derby de la Garonne (French pronunciation: [døbi də la ɡaʁɔn], Garonne Derby) is a football match contested between French clubs FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Toulouse FC. [1] The derby is so-named because Bordeaux and Toulouse are the two major cities in south-western France, both which are situated on the Garonne River .
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Montauban is connected to the Garonne via the 11 km (7 mi) Canal de Montech. [ 9 ] The central part of the department is a broad river valley that does not exceed 150 m (492 ft) in altitude, but near the commune of Valence-d'Agen , in the extreme west of the department, the valley narrows as the hilly regions of Bas-Quercy to the north and ...
The Save (French pronunciation:; 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. It flows north-east through the following départements and cities: Hautes-Pyrénées. Haute-Garonne: Grenade, L'Isle-en-Dodon.
The Pont d'Aquitaine is a large suspension bridge over the Garonne, north-west of the city of Bordeaux, in France. It forms part of the ring-road of Bordeaux and carries the A630 autoroute . It was completed in 1967 and its main span is 394 m (1,293 ft) long.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒyljɛ̃ syʁ ɡaʁɔn] , literally Saint-Julien on Garonne ; before September 2005: Saint-Julien ; [ 3 ] Occitan : Sent Julian de Garona ) is a commune in the Haute ...