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Encyclopedia > Gorges

Gorges, the plural of the French word for "throat", usually refers to a canyon. Grand Canyon, Arizona canyon, or gorge, is a valley walled by cliffs. ...


Gorges is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...

  • Gorges, in the Loire-Atlantique département
  • Gorges, in the Manche département
  • Gorges, in the Somme département
  • Cognin-les-Gorges, in the Isère département

Loire-Atlantique (formerly Loire-Inférieure) is a département on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Manche is a French département in Normandy named after La Manche (the sleeve), which is the French name of the English Channel. ... Somme is a French département, named after the Somme River, located in the north of France. ... Isère is a département in the east of France named after the Isère River. ...

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Mindspace of Jonketo: Off to the Gorge! (1546 words)
The walk into the gorge was by far the hardest part of the hike.
Also, the view of the opposite wall of the gorge got better and better because we were able to see more of it in either direction.
The opposite wall of the gorge is almost a sheer cliff in a lot of places, so the views of it are amazing and it seems a lot large and steeper than it actually is.
Act with urgency on the gorge - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (548 words)
The closure of the Rio Cobre gorge over the past week because of the huge landslips caused by the rains associated with Hurricane Wilma appears, finally, to be concentrating official minds on an issue that has been a bugbear of this newspaper for years.
Third, if the government believes that it is politically difficult to close the gorge and have a tolled road as the primary route between the country's key economic centres, then it can undertake the development as part of the state's infrastructure works.
The gorge should be dammed, which would allow for the better management of the waters of the Rio Cobre and the feeding of an increasingly thirsty Greater Kingston.
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