Rhone

[ rohn ]

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noun

a river flowing from the Alps in S Switzerland through the Lake of Geneva and SE France into the Mediterranean. 504 miles (810 km) long.
a department in E central France: wine-growing region. 1,104 sq. mi. (2,860 sq. km). : Lyons.

Rhône

/ rəʊn /

a river in W Europe, rising in S Switzerland in the Rhône glacier and flowing to Lake Geneva, then into France through gorges between the Alps and Jura and south to its delta on the Gulf of Lions: important esp for hydroelectricity and for wine production along its valley. Length: 812 km (505 miles)
a department of E central France, in the Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Lyon. Pop: 1 621 718 (2003 est). Area: 3233 sq km (1261 sq miles)

Northern Rhone whites are all about mouth feel and texture-not acidity like white Burgundies.

Bell suggests that there is a reference to the river Rhone, and to the roses of Provence.

The Félibrige passed westward beyond the Rhone and found adherents in all south France.

The assassin gallops away upon his mare, and seeks by night to cross the Rhone.

From here the fisherman ferries her over the broad Rhone, and we accompany her over the Camargue, down to the sea.

The Poem of the Rhone, the third of the poems in twelve cantos that Mistral has written, appeared in 1897.

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