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Atlantic Ocean. It is formed by two torrents, one of which has a subterranean course of 22 m., disappearing in the sink known as the Trou du Taureau (" See also:

bull's hole ") and reappearing at the Goueil de Joueou. After a course of 30 M. in See also:

SPANISH

Spanish territory, during which it flows through the See also:

FINE

fine See also:

GORGE

gorge called the Vallee d'See also:

ARAN

Aran, the Garonne enters France in the See also:

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

department of Haute Garonne through the narrow See also:

DEFILE

defile of the See also:

PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont du Roi, and at once becomes navigable for rafts. At Montrejeau it receives on the See also:

LEFT

left the Neste, and encountering at this point the vast See also:

plateau of Lannemezan is forced to turn abruptly See also:

east, flowing in a wide curve to See also:

Toulouse. At See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint Martory it gives off the See also:

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

irrigation See also:

canal of that name. At this point the Garonne enters a fertile See also:

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

plain, and supplies the See also:

MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to several See also:

mills. It is joined on the right by various streams fed by the snows of the Pyrenees. Such are the Salat, at whose confluence river See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation proper begins, and the Arize and the See also:

ARIEGE

Ariege (both names signifying" river "). From Toulouse the Garonne flows to the See also:

north-See also:

west, now skirting the See also:

NORTHERN

northern border of the plateau of Lannemezan which here drains into it, the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal streams being the See also:

SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

Save, the See also:

GERA

Gera and the BaIse. On its right See also:

hand the Garonne is swelled by its two See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tributaries, the warn, near See also:

MOISSAC

Moissac, and the See also:

Lot, below See also:

AGEN

Agen; farther down it is joined by the Drot (or Dropt), and on the left by the Ciron. Between Toulouse and Castets, 332 M. above See also:

BORDEAUX

Bordeaux, and the highest point to which See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring-tides ascend, the river is accompanied at a distance of from a 1 to 3 M. by the so-called " lateral canal " of the Garonne, constructed in 1838—1856.

This canal is about 120 M. See also:

long, or 133 M. including its branches, one of which runs off at right angles to See also:

Montauban on the See also:

Tarn. From Toulouse to Agen the See also:

main canal follows the right See also:

BANK

bank of the Garonne, See also:

CROSSING

crossing the Tarn on an See also:

AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct at Moissac, while another magnificent aqueduct of twenty-three See also:

ARCHES, COURT OF

arches carries it at Agen from the right to the left bank of the river. It has a fall of 420 ft. and over fifty locks, and is navigable for vessels having the maximum dimensions of 981 ft. length, 19 ft. breadth and 62 ft. See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught. The carrying See also:

trade upon it is chiefly in agricultural produce and provisions, See also:

BUILDING

building materials, See also:

wood and See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial products. At Toulouse the canal connects with the Canal du Midi, which runs to the Mediterranean. After passing Castets the Garonne begins to widen out considerably, and from being 16o yds. broad at Agen increases to about 65o yds. at Bordeaux, its See also:

GREAT

great commercial See also:

PORT

port. From here it flows with ever increasing width between two See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat shores to the Bec d'Ambes (152 m.), where, after a course of 357 m., it unites with the See also:

DORDOGNE

Dordogne to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the vast See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary known as the See also:

GIRONDE

Gironde. The triangular See also:

peninsula lying between these two great tidal See also:

rivers is called Entre-deux-mers (" between two seas ") and is famous for its wines. The drainage See also:

AREA

area of the Garonne is nearly 33,000 sq. m. Floods are of See also:

COMMON

common occurrence, and descend very suddenly. The most disastrous occurred in 1875, 1856 and in 1770, when the See also:

flood level at Castets attained the See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record height of 421 ft. above See also:

low-See also:

WATER

water See also:

mark.

End of Article: GARONNE (Lat. Garumna)

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