Canal de Marseille au Rhône

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The Canal de Marseille au Rhône, north of the Tunnel du Rove

The Canal de Marseille au Rhône is a ship canal in the south of France. The sea channel connecting the harbor of Marseille with the Etang de Berre. Since the collapse of part of the Tunnel du Rove on 17 June 1963, the channel is impassable.

The canal was built in the years 1923 to 1926 to connect the coming economic region around the saltwater lake marsh with the Greater Marseilles. About other waterways, as

  • Canal de Caronte
  • Canal de Fos à Port-de -Bouc
  • Canal Saint -Louis or Canal du Rhône à Fos

Was a connection to the Rhone, which could be used for inland navigation.

Course

It starts at Port de la Lave in the Northwest section of the port of Marseille, where it crosses the Tunnel du Rove, the Estaque Mountains in the northwest. After a tunnel length of 7.1 kilometers, it reaches the municipal territory of Marignane, where it extends further 3.4 kilometers of the surface. Finally, it flows into the Etang de Bolmon, a lagoon type, which he - protected by dikes against the open side - west direction follows. In Châteauneuf -les -Martigues it switches to the Etang de Berre, he also accompanied by dikes to Martigues. Here it reaches the connection to the Canal de Caronte and completed its independent course.

Coordinates

  • Source of the canal: 43 ° 21 '35 " N, 5 ° 17' 38 " O43.3597222222225.2938888888889Koordinaten: 43 ° 21 '35 " N, 5 ° 17' 38" E
  • Endpoint of the channel: 43 ° 24 ' 16 " N, 5 ° 3' 29" O43.4044444444445.0580555555556

Places on the canal

  • Marseilles
  • Marignane
  • Châteauneuf -les -Martigues
  • Martigues
Marseille-Fos Port
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