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1601:Coördinates
1548:Moussoulens
1356:Footbridge
1316:Footbridge
1172:Footbridge
1152:Footbridge
1109:Raonel Lock
1086:Moussoulens
1083:Pont Vieux
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323:Footbridge
255:Empare Lock
44:, southern
2107:Categories
2065:2008-11-02
2008:References
1941: (
1919:43°02′50″N
1886: (
1864:43°07′19″N
1831: (
1809:43°11′03″N
1776: (
1754:43°11′29″N
1721: (
1699:43°13′41″N
1660: (
1638:43°14′42″N
932:silt banks
893: (
871:43°14′52″N
862:Gailhousty
838: (
816:43°15′26″N
783: (
761:43°16′03″N
728: (
706:43°16′03″N
673: (
651:43°16′20″N
618: (
596:43°16′38″N
565:Cesse Lock
563: (
541:43°16′55″N
211:Cesse Lock
1922:3°03′21″E
1867:3°01′51″E
1812:3°00′06″E
1757:3°00′04″E
1702:3°00′13″E
1641:2°57′39″E
1604:Elevation
1556:Le Somail
874:2°57′21″E
819:2°56′59″E
764:2°56′21″E
752:Saint-Cyr
709:2°56′21″E
697:Argeliers
654:2°56′03″E
599:2°55′44″E
544:2°55′26″E
513:Elevation
488:Le Somail
58:waterways
2029:(1994).
1996:See also
1855:Mandirac
1800:Narbonne
1778:Gua Lock
1598:Location
1573:and the
1428:Motorway
1131:Gua Lock
913:The Aude
807:Sallèles
587:Truilhas
507:Location
50:Narbonne
2037:
1690:Raonel
1544:Vauban
1038:River
983:Legend
906:11.76
851:17.16
796:19.95
741:22.94
686:25.89
642:Empare
631:29.00
576:31.54
434:River
135:Legend
46:France
30:French
1964:Notes
1954:0.80
1899:2.30
1844:4.24
1789:6.34
1734:8.30
1673:9.30
1571:Bages
532:Cesse
2085:and
2035:ISBN
1904:28.6
1849:24.1
1794:15.3
1739:14.2
1609:MASL
1595:Lock
1040:Aude
927:Aude
518:MASL
504:Lock
436:Aude
66:Aude
42:Aude
24:The
1982:or
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