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Garonne

The Garonne ( , ; Spanish, Catalan, Basque and , ;

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River.name: Garonne
River.image: Bordeaux port de la lune 01.jpg
River.image_caption: The Garonne at Bordeaux
River.map: Garonne watershed.png
River.map_caption: Map of the Garonne River watershed
River.mapframe: yes
River.mapframe zoom: 6
River.source1: Pyrenees
River.source1_location: Alt Àneu, Catalonia, Spain
River.mouth: Gironde estuary, Atlantic Ocean
River.mouth_location: Bayon-sur-Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
River.subdivision_type1: Countries

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Contents

Etymology
Geography
Sources
Course
European sea sturgeon conservation
Towns along the river
Main tributaries
Navigation
Hydrography
Floods
Future water resource management
See also
References
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The Garonne ( , ; Spanish, Catalan, Basque and , ; or ) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – a length of , of which is in Spain (Val d'Aran); the total length extends to if one includes the Gironde estuary between the river and the sea. Its basin area is , which increases to if the Dordogne River, which flows from the east and joins the Garonne at Bec d'Ambès to form the Gironde estuary, is included.

Umayyad and Aquitanian forces fought the Battle of the River Garonne in 732 beside the river near present-day Bordeaux.