See also:

• CAMARGUE (Insula Camaria)

CAMARGUE (Insula Camaria)  , a thinly-populated region of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France contained wholly in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Bouchesdu-See also:

• RHONE
• RHONE (Fr. Rhone, Lat. Rhodanus)

Rhone, and comprising the See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta of the Rhone . The See also:

• CAMARGUE (Insula Camaria)

Camargue is a marshy See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of alluvial formation enclosed between the two branches of the See also:

• RIVER

river, the See also:

• GRAND

Grand Rhone to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and the See also:

• PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

Petit Rhone to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . Its See also:

• AVERAGE

average See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation is from 62 to 8 ft . The Camargue has a See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-See also:

• LINE

line some 30 M. in length and an See also:

• AREA

area of 290 sq. m., of which about a See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter consists of cultivated and fertile See also:

• LAND

land . This is in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers . The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest consists of rough pasture grazed by the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black bulls and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white horses of the region and by large flocks of See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep, or of See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh, stagnant See also:

• WATER

water and See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste land impregnated with See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt . The region is inhabited by flocks of flamingoes, bustards, See also:

• PARTRIDGE (Du. Patrijs, Fr. perdrix, from Lat. perdix, apparently onomatopoeic from the call of the bird)
• PARTRIDGE, JOHN BERNARD (1861– )
• PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM ORDWAY (1861– )

partridge, and by See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

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 See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main canals constructed to drain off the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor lagoons . The Camargue is protected by dikes from the inundations both of the sea and of the rivers . Inlets in the sea-See also:

• DIKE, or DYKE (Old Eng. dic, a word which appears in various forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch dijk, German Teich, Danish dige, and in French, derived from Teutonic, digue; it is the same word as " ditch " and is ultimately connected with the ro

dike let in water for the purposes of the See also:

• LAGOON (Fr. lagune, Lat. lacuna, a pool)

lagoon See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries and the salt-pans; and the river-water is used for See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation and for the submersion of vines . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is characterized by hard winters and scorching summers . See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

Rain falls in torrents, but at considerable intervals .

The See also:

• MISTRAL
• MISTRAL, FREDERIC (183o– )

mistral, blowing from the north and north-west, is the prevailing See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind . The See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern portion of the Camargue is known as the Ile du See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

Plan du Bourg . A secondary delta to the west of the Petit Rhone goes by the name of Petite Camargue .