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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Rhône
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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One of the four great rivers of France, rises on Mount St. Gothard, in the Swiss Alps; passes through the Lake of Geneva, and flowing in a south-westerly course to Lyons, is there joined by its chief affluent, the Saône, hence it flows due S.; at Arles it divides into two streams, which form a rich delta before entering the Gulf of Lyons, in the Mediterranean; length, 504 m.; navigable to Lyons, but the rapid current and shifting sandbanks greatly impede traffic.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rhône'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rhane.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rhône'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rhane.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
