Canal de Garonne

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The Canal de Garonne is a French navigable canal running between Toulouse and the Atlantic coast, forming with the Canal du Midi an inland waterway link between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Canal latéral à la Garonne 2
Pont-canal d’Agen 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
navigable waterway
connectsTo Canal du Midi
Garonne River NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1838
country France
crosses Agen
Marmande region NERFINISHED
Montauban area
endPoint Castets-en-Dorthe
followsValleyOf Garonne River NERFINISHED
formerName Canal de Garonne self-linksurface differs
surface form: Canal latéral à la Garonne
formsInlandWaterwayLinkWith Canal du Midi
gauge Freycinet gauge
hasAqueduct Agen aqueduct
Cacor aqueduct
hasBridge Pont-canal d’Agen
hasFeature aqueducts
locks
towpath
hasLock Écluse de Montech
Écluse d’Agen
hasTowpath yes
historicalUse freight transport
length approximately 193 km
locatedIn southwestern France
maintainedBy Voies navigables de France
navigationType inland navigation
numberOfLocks approximately 53
openingDate 1856
partOf Canal des Deux Mers
partOfRoute inland waterway between Toulouse and the Atlantic coast
passesThrough Gironde
Haute-Garonne
Lot-et-Garonne department
surface form: Lot-et-Garonne

Tarn-et-Garonne
primaryUse recreational boating
tourism
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED
Occitanie NERFINISHED
startPoint Toulouse NERFINISHED
status open to navigation
towpathUse cycling
walking
waterwayLinkBetween Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Garonne connectedTo Canal de Garonne
Canal de Garonne formerName Canal de Garonne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Canal latéral à la Garonne
Agen hasLandmark Canal de Garonne
this entity surface form: Pont-canal d’Agen
Voies navigables de France operatesIn Canal de Garonne
this entity surface form: Canal latéral à la Garonne