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CAMARGUE (Insula Camaria)

CAMARGUE (Insula Camaria) , a thinly-populated region of See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

France contained wholly in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Bouchesdu-See also:

Rhone, and comprising the See also:

DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta of the Rhone. The Camargue is a marshy See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of alluvial formation enclosed between the two branches of the See also:

RIVER

river, the See also:

GRAND

Grand Rhone to the See also:

east and the See also:

PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

Petit Rhone to the See also:

west. Its See also:

AVERAGE

average See also:

ELEVATION

elevation is from 62 to 8 ft. The Camargue has a See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-See also:

LINE

line some 30 M. in length and an See also:

AREA

area of 290 sq. m., of which about a See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter consists of cultivated and fertile See also:

LAND

land. This is in the See also:

north and on the See also:

banks of the See also:

rivers. The See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest consists of rough pasture grazed by the See also:

black bulls and See also:

white horses of the region and by large flocks of See also:

sheep, or of See also:

marsh, stagnant See also:

WATER

water and See also:

WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste land impregnated with See also:

salt. The region is inhabited by flocks of flamingoes, bustards, See also:

partridge, and by See also:

sea-birds of various kinds. The Stang de Vaccares, the largest of the numerous lagoons and pools, covers about 23 sq. m.; it receives three See also:

main canals constructed to drain off the See also:

minor lagoons. The Camargue is protected by dikes from the inundations both of the sea and of the rivers. Inlets in the sea-See also:

DIKE, or DYKE (Old Eng. dic, a word which appears in various forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch dijk, German Teich, Danish dige, and in French, derived from Teutonic, digue; it is the same word as " ditch " and is ultimately connected with the ro

dike let in water for the purposes of the See also:

LAGOON (Fr. lagune, Lat. lacuna, a pool)

lagoon See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries and the salt-pans; and the river-water is used for See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation and for the submersion of vines. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is characterized by hard winters and scorching summers. See also:

RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

Rain falls in torrents, but at considerable intervals.

The See also:

mistral, blowing from the north and north-west, is the prevailing See also:

wind. The See also:

south-eastern portion of the Camargue is known as the Ile du See also:

Plan du Bourg. A secondary delta to the west of the Petit Rhone goes by the name of Petite Camargue.

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