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1734:Raonel Lock
1726: /
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1640:Moussoulens
1612:Coördinates
1559:Moussoulens
1367:Footbridge
1327:Footbridge
1183:Footbridge
1163:Footbridge
1120:Raonel Lock
1097:Moussoulens
1094:Pont Vieux
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686:Empare Lock
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521:Coördinates
334:Footbridge
266:Empare Lock
55:, southern
2118:Categories
2076:2008-11-02
2019:References
1952: (
1930:43°02′50″N
1897: (
1875:43°07′19″N
1842: (
1820:43°11′03″N
1787: (
1765:43°11′29″N
1732: (
1710:43°13′41″N
1671: (
1649:43°14′42″N
943:silt banks
904: (
882:43°14′52″N
873:Gailhousty
849: (
827:43°15′26″N
794: (
772:43°16′03″N
739: (
717:43°16′03″N
684: (
662:43°16′20″N
629: (
607:43°16′38″N
576:Cesse Lock
574: (
552:43°16′55″N
222:Cesse Lock
1933:3°03′21″E
1878:3°01′51″E
1823:3°00′06″E
1768:3°00′04″E
1713:3°00′13″E
1652:2°57′39″E
1615:Elevation
1567:Le Somail
885:2°57′21″E
830:2°56′59″E
775:2°56′21″E
763:Saint-Cyr
720:2°56′21″E
708:Argeliers
665:2°56′03″E
610:2°55′44″E
555:2°55′26″E
524:Elevation
499:Le Somail
69:waterways
2040:(1994).
2007:See also
1866:Mandirac
1811:Narbonne
1789:Gua Lock
1609:Location
1584:and the
1439:Motorway
1142:Gua Lock
924:The Aude
818:Sallèles
598:Truilhas
518:Location
61:Narbonne
2048:
1701:Raonel
1555:Vauban
1049:River
994:Legend
917:11.76
862:17.16
807:19.95
752:22.94
697:25.89
653:Empare
642:29.00
587:31.54
445:River
146:Legend
57:France
41:French
1975:Notes
1965:0.80
1910:2.30
1855:4.24
1800:6.34
1745:8.30
1684:9.30
1582:Bages
543:Cesse
2096:and
2046:ISBN
1915:28.6
1860:24.1
1805:15.3
1750:14.2
1620:MASL
1606:Lock
1051:Aude
938:Aude
529:MASL
515:Lock
447:Aude
77:Aude
53:Aude
35:The
1993:or
1756:Gua
1692:9.8
1631:5.8
1436:A 9
867:4.9
812:3.7
757:3.0
702:2.3
647:1.6
592:1.0
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