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Canal du Midi
Ca·nal du Mi·di (kä-näl′ do͞o mē-dē′) A canal in southern France, about 240 km (150 mi) long, connecting the Garonne River to the Gulf of Lion near Montpellier. Completed in 1681, the canal permitted shipment of goods between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, bypassing the Iberian Peninsula and Gibraltar.Canal du Midi
Canal du Midi (känäl` dü mēdē`), canal, c.150 mi (240 km) long, linking Sète and Toulouse, S France. It was built to carry oceangoing ships between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, but because of its size it now carries only barge traffic. |