The balancing of incoming and outgoing water allows the Canal du Midi to operate as it does. Each time a lock operates, large quantities of water are either required to fill it or dump from it into the lower level pound. Épanchoir des Patiasses is situated 1½ km northeast of Glacier du Somail.

Cesse Aqueduct

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Cesse Aqueduct is one of several aqueducts, or water bridge, created for the Canal du Midi. Originally, the canal crossed the Cesse on the level. Pierre-Paul Riquet, the original architect of the canal, had placed a curved dam 205 metres long and 9.10 metres high across the Cesse in order to collect water to make the crossing possible; the aqueduct replaced this dam. Cesse Aqueduct is situated 2 km northeast of Glacier du Somail.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Le Somail and Ventenac-en-Minervois.

Le Somail

Hamlet

Photo: Gugerell, CC BY 2.5.

Le Somail is a hamlet in the Aude department of southwestern France. Le Somail is located along the Canal du Midi. Its territory is shared by 3 communes: Ginestas, Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude and Sallèles-d'Aude.

Ventenac-en-Minervois

Village

Photo: ArnoLagrange, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ventenac-en-Minervois is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Ventenac-en-Minervois is situated 4 km southwest of Glacier du Somail.

Marcorignan

Village

Photo: Methos31, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Marcorignan is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Marcorignan is situated 4½ km south of Glacier du Somail.

Glacier du Somail

Type: Ice cream parlor
Category: food
Location: Saint-Nazaire-d’Aude, Arrondissement of Narbonne, Aude, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude

43.2654° or 43° 15′ 55″ north

Longitude

2.90403° or 2° 54′ 15″ east

Open location code

8FM47W83+5J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13063099112

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=ice_cream

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