TheCamargue a place inFrance near where theRhone river flows into theMediterranean Sea.[1] Before it flows into the sea, the Rhone splits into two smaller rivers, forming a triangle. The Camague is thefloodplain in that triangle between the two smaller rivers. This place is theGrande Camargue (Great Camargue). A smaller part just outside the triangle is named thePetite Camague (Little Camargue). The Carmargue is about 150 kilometres (93 mi) long from east to west, and 100 kilometres (62 mi) long from north to south. Part of it is anature reserve.
The Camargue is important to theanimals that live there. Almost 400 types of birds live in the Camargue. There are also black bulls and horses.[1] Many birds stop in the Camargue to rest when theyfly south for the winter or north for the summer. There have been 30,000flamingos there at the same time, and commoncranes there as well. There are alsoEuropean pond turtles. People have broughtcoypu to live there. As with anywetland, there aremosquitoes. In the Camargue, there are 40 different species of mosquito.[2]
Few people actually live in the Camargue. Its biggest City isArles, just north of the triangle. Arles has about 60,000 people, and a long history. The economy in Camargue is based on three things:
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