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The Gironde is a navigable estuary (often falsely referred to as a river), in southwest France and is formed from the meeting of the rivers Dordogne and Garonne just below the ... - Gironde definition of Gironde in the Free Online Encyclopedia.
Gironde, estuary, France Gironde, estuary, c.45 mi (70 km) long and from 2 to 7 mi (3.2–11.3 km) wide, formed by the Garonne and Dordogne rivers, which join c.14 mi (23 km) N of ... - Gironde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gironde (Occitan: Gironda) is a common name for the Gironde Estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region ...
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Gironde, estuary, western France, in Gironde Department. The largest in France and one of the largest in western Europe, the estuary is formed by the confluence of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers near the Bay of Biscay. Its widest point, near the mouth, is 10 km (6 mi). It is divided by small islands and mud banks into an eastern and a western channel. At the mouth of the estuary stands a famous lighthouse, the Phare de Cordouan, built in 1585 and enlarged in the 18th century.
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