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Encyclopedia Britannica



CAMARGUE (Insula Camaria)

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 80 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAL-CAR
CAMARGUE (Insula Camaria) , a thinly-populated region of southern France contained wholly in the department of Bouchesdu-Rhone, and comprising the
delta
  of the Rhone. The Camargue is a marshy plain of alluvial formation enclosed between the two branches of the river, the Grand Rhone to the
east
  and the Petit Rhone to the west. Its
average
 
elevation
  is from 62 to 8 ft. The Camargue has a
coast
 -line some 30 M. in length and an area of 290 sq. m., of which about a
quarter
  consists of cultivated and fertile land. This is in the north and on the banks of the rivers. The rest consists of rough pasture grazed by the black bulls and white horses of the region and by large flocks of sheep, or of marsh, stagnant water and
waste
  land impregnated with salt. The region is inhabited by flocks of flamingoes, bustards,
partridge
 , and by sea-birds of various kinds. The Stang de Vaccares, the largest of the numerous lagoons and pools, covers about 23 sq. m.; it receives three main canals constructed to drain off the
minor
  lagoons. The Camargue is protected by dikes from the inundations both of the sea and of the rivers. Inlets in the sea-dike let in water for the purposes of the lagoon fisheries and the salt-pans; and the river-water is used for irrigation and for the submersion of vines. The climate is characterized by hard winters and scorching summers. Rain falls in torrents, but at considerable intervals. The mistral, blowing from the north and north-west, is the prevailing wind. The
south
 -eastern portion of the Camargue is known as the Ile du Plan du Bourg. A secondary
delta
  to the west of the Petit Rhone goes by the name of Petite Camargue.


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