Gironde estuary
The Gironde estuary is a navigable estuary in southwest France and is formed from the meeting of the rivers Dordogne and Garonne just downstream of the centre of Bordeaux.Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grottes de Régulus and Plage des Nonnes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soulac-sur-Mer and Royan.
Soulac-sur-Mer
Photo: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Soulac-sur-Mer is a small town and beach resort in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. In July and August it is crowded with ten of thousands of tourists, mainly French, some Dutch, some German and some from the UK.
Royan
Photo: Cobber17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Royan is a port city and seaside resort in Charente-Maritime, southwestern France. It's along with La Baule, Arcachon and Biarritz one of the most famous resorts on the French Atlantic coast.
Meschers-sur-Gironde
Village
Photo: Jfda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meschers-sur-Gironde is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France.
Gironde estuary
- Type: Bay
- Description: estuary in New Aquitaine, France
- Categories: estuary, Natura 2000 site, and body of water
- Location: France, Europe
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Latitude
45.5333° or 45° 32′ northLongitude
-1° or 1° westOpen location code
8CQXG2M2+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 4801212984OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayWikidata ID
Q213517
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Gironde estuary” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مصب جيروند”
- Asturian: “Estuariu de Gironda”
- Basque: “Gironda”
- Basque: “Girondako estuarioa”
- Belarusian: “Жыронда”
- Breton: “Aber ar Jirond”
- Breton: “Gironde”
- Bulgarian: “Жиронд”
- Catalan: “estuari de Gironda”
- Catalan: “estuari de la Gironda”
- Catalan: “Estuari de la Gironda”
- Catalan: “Gironda”
- Chinese: “吉伦特河口”
- Chinese: “吉倫特河口”
- Chinese: “吉龍德河口”
- Czech: “Gironde”
- Danish: “Gironde”
- Dutch: “Estuarium van de Gironde”
- Dutch: “Gironde (estuarium)”
- Dutch: “Gironde”
- Esperanto: “Ĝirondo”
- Estonian: “Gironde”
- Finnish: “Gironde”
- French: “estuaire de la Gironde”
- French: “Estuaire de la Gironde”
- French: “Gironde”
- German: “Gironde”
- Greek: “Εκβολές της Ζιρόντ”
- Hebrew: “ז’ירונד”
- Italian: “Estuario della Gironda”
- Japanese: “ジロンド川”
- Korean: “지롱드강”
- Latin: “Aestuarium Girumnae”
- Latin: “Aestuarium Girundiae”
- Latin: “Girundia”
- Latvian: “Žironda (līcis)”
- Latvian: “Žironda”
- Lithuanian: “Žironda”
- Luxembourgish: “Gironde”
- Macedonian: “Жиронда (естуар)”
- Macedonian: “Жиронда”
- Northern Frisian: “Gironde”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Girondeestuariet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elvemunningen Gironde”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gironde-estuaret”
- Norwegian: “Gironde”
- Occitan (post 1500): “estuari de Gironda”
- Occitan (post 1500): “estuari de la Gironda”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gironda”
- Persian: “خور ژیرنده”
- Persian: “ژیرنده”
- Polish: “Żyronda”
- Portuguese: “Estuário da Gironda”
- Portuguese: “Estuário do Garona”
- Romanian: “Estuarul Gironde”
- Russian: “Жиронда”
- Serbian: “L’estuaire de la Gironde”
- Serbian: “Žironda”
- Serbian: “Жиронда”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gironde”
- Slovenian: “Gironde”
- Spanish: “estuario de Gironda”
- Spanish: “estuario de la Gironda”
- Spanish: “estuario de la Gironde”
- Spanish: “Estuario del Gironda”
- Spanish: “Gironda”
- Spanish: “La Gironda”
- Swedish: “Girondeestuariet”
- Turkish: “Gironde Halici”
- Ukrainian: “Жиронда”
- Welsh: “Moryd Gironde”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Notre Roche and Fommedeau.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ancien appontement pétrolier and Conche de Cadet.
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