Camargue

British

/ kæˈmɑːɡ /

noun

a delta region in S France, between the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhône: cattle, esp bulls for the Spanish bullrings, and horses are reared

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“They tell you on TV that the Camargue needs to be returned to nature,” said Aillet, who is skeptical of schemes aimed at saving the region by limiting global warming and reforesting the land.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2022

The Rhone river has long served as the Camargue’s lifeline, bringing fresh water from the Alps and dampening salt levels in the Camargue.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2022

He traveled south to the ancient city of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, in the Camargue region on the Mediterranean.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2021

And, continuing his crusading work in the Camargue, she’s built ecology into Luma Arles’s DNA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2018

The life of a gamekeeper is miserable and hard in the Camargue.

From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse

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