The Gardon at Pont Saint-Nicolas

The Gardon (or Gard) is a river in southern France. It is the namesake of the Gard département. [[ == Headline text == This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Fields in the Causse Mejean upland. ... The Rhônes course. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (768 × 1024 pixel, file size: 393 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)The river Gardon at the Pont Saint-Nicolas. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (768 × 1024 pixel, file size: 393 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)The river Gardon at the Pont Saint-Nicolas. ... For other uses, see River (disambiguation). ... Gard is a département located in le midi, the south of France, named after the river Gardon (or Gard). ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ...

The Gardon is 133 km long including its longest tributary "Gardon de Saint-Jean". It rises in the Cévennes and ends into the Rhône River (right side tributary) at Beaucaire, across from Vallabrègues. Fields in the Causse Mejean upland. ... The Rhônes course. ... View down into Beaucaire and the marina from the bridge leading to Tarascon. ... Vallabrègues is a town and commune of the Gard département, in southern France. ...

Several of its tributaries are also called Gardon.

The Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard and the 16th century Pont Saint-Nicolas are two historical bridges that cross the Gardon. The Gorge du Gardon, which ends at Pont Saint-Nicolas, is a popular recreation area for kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, and hiking. Area under Roman control  Roman Republic  Roman Empire  Western Empire  Eastern Empire Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a city-state founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... Pont du Gard, France, a Roman aqueduct built circa 19 BC. It is one of Frances top tourist attractions and a World Heritage Site. ... Pont du Gard, France The Pont du Gard is an aqueduct in the south of France constructed by the Roman Empire, and located near Remoulins, in the Gard département. ... The Saint-Nicolas-de-Campagnac Bridge (French Pont Saint-Nicolas-de-Campagnac) is an arch bridge crossing the Gardon, and located near Sainte-Anastasie, in the Gard département of southern France. ... Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. ... Canoeing is the recreational or sporting activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. ... Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches. ... Two hikers in the Mount Hood National Forest Eagle Creek hiking Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ...

In September of 2002 and again in December of 2003, the Gardon had record level floods that damaged many of its bridges including the Pont Saint-Nicolas, which has since been fully restored. A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. ...

Places along the river

• Lozère
• Gard : Anduze, Saint-Jean-du-Gard , Saint-André-de-Valborgne, Remoulins , Montfrin

La Grand-Combe and Alès are situated on the "Gardon d'Alès", the major left tributary. Lozère (in Occitan Losera), is a department in southeast France near the Massif Central. ... Gard is a département located in le midi, the south of France, named after the river Gardon (or Gard). ... Saint-Jean-du-Gard is a commune of the Gard département in France. ... Remoulins is a town and commune of the Gard département, in southern France. ... Montfrin is a village of the Gard département, in southern France. ... La Grand-Combe is a commune of the Gard département, in France. ... Not to be confused with Alias. ...

External links

• Pictures of the damaged Pont Saint-Nicolas
• The River Gard in the Languedoc

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