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short distance separates it from Lozere. Nearly all the rivers of the department are of torrential swiftness and subject to sudden floods. The scenery through which they flow is often of See also:

GREAT

great beauty and grandeur. Natural curiosities are the See also:

PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont d'Arc, over the Ardeche, and the Chaussee See also:

des Geants, near See also:

VALS (Vals-les-Bains)

Vals.

The See also:

CLIMATE

climate in the valley of the Rhone is, in See also:

general, warm, and sometimes very hot; but westward, as the See also:

ELEVATION

elevation increases, the See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold becomes more intense and the winters longer. Some districts, especially in summer, are liable to sudden alterations in the temperature. See also:

Rye, See also:

wheat and potatoes are the chief crops cultivated. See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good red and See also:

white wines are grown in the hilly region bordering the Rhone valley, the white See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine of St Peray being highly esteemed. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal fruits are the See also:

CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

chestnut, which is largely exported, the See also:

OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive and the See also:

WALNUT (Juglans)

walnut. In the rearing of See also:

SILK

silk-See also:

WORMS

worms, Ardeche ranks second to Gard among See also:

French departments, and great See also:

numbers of mulberry trees are grown for the purposes of this See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. The many goats and See also:

sheep of Ardeche make it one of the chief See also:

SOURCES

sources of See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of skins for See also:

GLOVE (O. Eng. glof, perhaps connected with Gothic lofa, the palm of the hand)

glove-making. Mines of See also:

COAL

coal, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

lead and See also:

ZINC

zinc are worked, and the quarries furnish See also:

HYDRAULIC

hydraulic See also:

lime (Le Teil) and other products. Besides See also:

FLOUR

flour-See also:

mills, distilleries and saw-mills, there are important silk-mills and See also:

leather-See also:

WORKS

works and See also:

paper-factories. See also:

ANNONAY

Annonay is the principal See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

TOWN

town. The department exports wine, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, lime, See also:

MINERAL

mineral See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters, silk, paper, &c. Hot springs are numerous, and some of them, as those of Vals, St See also:

LAURENT, FRANCOIS (1810–1887)

Laurent-See also:

les-Bains, Celles and Neyrac, are largely resorted to.

Ardeche is served by the See also:

Paris-See also:

Lyon-Mediterranee railway and has some 43 m. II 450 of navigable waterway. The department is divided into the arrondissements of Privas, See also:

LARGENTIERE

Largentiere and See also:

TOURNON

Tournon, with 31 cantons and 342 communes. It forms the See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Viviers and See also:

PART

part of the archiepiscopal See also:

province of See also:

AVIGNON

Avignon. It is in the region of the XV. See also:

army See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps, and within the circumscription of the See also:

ACADEMIC

academic (educational See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division) of See also:

GRENOBLE

Grenoble. Its See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal is at See also:

Nimes. Privas, the See also:

capital, Annonay, See also:

AUBENAS

Aubenas, Largentiere and Tournon are the principal towns. Bourg-St Andeol, Thines, Melas and Cruas have interesting Romanesque churches. Mazan has remains of a Cistercian See also:

abbey founded in the 12th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century to which its vast See also:

church belongs. Viviers is an old town with a church of various styles of See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture and several old houses.

End of Article: ARDECHE

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