The Rivers Of France

The Rhone River in France is a big river in the southeastern part. It rises in the Alps and enters France via Lake Geneva with a total length of 324 miles and 505 miles (French: LacLéman). In Lyon, it received its main tributary Saone. In eastern France, the main rivers are mainly along the north - south direction of the Alps. The Rhone regime is complex. There are clear peaks in late spring and early summer due to melting of snow and ice near the Lyon Rhone river flowing from the Alps and its main Isère and Dron river tributaries.

The Loire Valley is in the middle of the Loire river in central France. It is approximately 800 square kilometers in size and is known as French garden. Indeed, this small region of France is very precious and has been registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. There are many islands in France as well. The most famous is Mont Saint Michel. You can admire the vast sandbar and gothic monasteries. Farmers, cliffs, picturesque castles, Normandy have plenty of other sights.

New France is a vast area centered on the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River, and other major tributary rivers developed and mined in France in the early 17th century. It consists of several colonies: Arcadia, Canada, Newfoundland, Louisiana, Île-Royale (now Breton Island) and Île Saint Jean (present Prince Edward Island). After the war in France and India, these colonies were dominated by Britain or Spain, but France occupied a part of Louisiana for a short time in 1800. The United States will receive the majority of the new France in the Paris Convention of 1783, but the United States will receive another part of the acquisition of French territory by Louisiana in 1803. Apart from France's Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, the remaining New France becomes part of Canada.

When France explored the area and was called New France, European settlement in this region began in the 17th century. In the French period, Jacques Cartier began exploring the St. Lawrence River in 1534, was expelled by the British in 1763, and was finally exiled from Spain. In 1673, Jacques Marquette, New French Governor, sent Catholic Pastor Missionary Louis Joliet, a fur trader who was responsible for drawing the route to the Pacific Northwest. They crossed the upper peninsula of Michigan State to the northern end of Lake Michigan. In a canoe, they crossed the Great Lakes and landed in Wisconsin's current Green Bay. They entered the Mississippi River on June 17, 1673.