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The Delta de la Dranse National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve located in the delta of the Dranse river. The reserve is located to the east of the commune of Thonon-les-Bains in southeastern France. At 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long by 500 metres (1,600 ft) wide, it covers a small area of 53 hectares (130 acres) at an elevation ranging from ...
The Rhône–Rhine Canal ( French: Canal du Rhône au Rhin, pronounced [kanal dy ʁon o ʁɛ̃]) is one of the important watershed canals of the French waterways, connecting the Rhine to the Saône and the Rhône and thereby the North Sea and the Mediterranean. As built, the canal was made up of four distinct sections: the branche Sud or ...
Rhône. / 43.33083°N 4.84556°E / 43.33083; 4.84556. The Rhône ( / roʊn / ROHN, French: [ʁon] ⓘ) [1] is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into ...
Rhône-Alpes. Rhône-Alpes ( French pronunciation: [ʁon alp] ⓘ) [2] was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. [3] It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône and the Alps mountain range.
98 km. Locks. 1. Sunset at Beaucaire marina. The Canal du Rhône à Sète ( French pronunciation: [kanal dy ʁon a sɛt]; lit. "canal from the Rhône to Sète") is a canal in southern France, which connects the Étang de Thau in Sète to the Rhône River in Beaucaire, Gard. [1] The canal is made up of two previously constructed canals, the ...
Loire (department) / 45.083°N 4.083°E / 45.083; 4.083. Loire ( / lwɑːr /; French pronunciation: [lwaʁ]; Arpitan: Lêre; Occitan: Léger or Leir) is a landlocked département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France occupying the river Loire 's upper reaches. Its prefecture is Saint-Étienne. It had a population of 765,634 in 2019.
Côtes du Rhône is a wine -growing Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for the Rhône wine region of France, which may be used throughout the region, also in those areas which are covered by other AOCs. In a limited part of the region, the Côtes-du-Rhône Villages AOC may be used, in some cases together with the name of the commune .
Vallée du Rhône (France) View of the Rhone Valley from the top of the Tain-l'Hermitage vineyard. The Vallée du Rhône of Rhône Valley is a region located on either side of the Rhône, downstream from Lyon, in the south-east of France [1] The city of Valence in Drôme is considered the heart of the valley.