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Garonne

American  
[ga-rawn] / gaˈrɔn /

noun

  1. a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.


Garonne British  
/ ɡarɔn /

noun

  1. a river in SW France, rising in the central Pyrenees in Spain and flowing northeast then northwest into the Gironde estuary. Length: 580 km (360 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Aerial views of the Garonne river in the Gironde department of southwest France.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

As the effects of global warming are set to intensify in coming decades, warmer and drier seasons will become more common, the head of the public Upstream Garonne River Interdepartmental Delegation, Franck Solacroup, said.

From Reuters ● Mar. 17, 2023

Tiny Domaine de Galouchey is situated between the Garonne and the Dordogne rivers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022

The man behind the project was Georges Méric, the left-leaning president of the Haute Garonne council.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2021

Their principal suffering was from lack of water, which had to be brought from the Garonne, and as this source of supply was cut off, they were unable to boil their vegetables.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

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