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Gironde estuary

The Gironde estuary is the great estuary formed by the meeting of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers below Bordeaux in south-west France, about 75 km long and the largest in Western Europe. It separates the Médoc from Saintonge and has long been the route for the wine trade of Bordeaux. Its banks mark the old boundary between the Gallic Santones to the north and the peoples of Aquitaine.

Gironde estuary
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gironde estuary. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gironde-estuary
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