Geography of the Gironde
The department of the the Gironde extends from 44°10' with 45°35' of the Northern latitude and of Western 1°20' with 0°29' of longitude Is. The department is thus crossed by the Méridien of Greenwich, reference of the universal time.
The department of the Gironde belongs to the great sedimentary whole of the Aquitanian Bassin.
It extends on nearly 170 km to North in the South and on nearly 120 km of West in Est.La the Gironde covers a surface of 10000,14 km ² and thus forms the widest department of the France.
In the West, it is integral part of the Forêt of the Moors which leads to a rectilinear and sandy coast of 120 km bathed by the Atlantic Ocean. In North, it is surrounded by the Charente-native country, in the East by the Périgord and the Agenais, and in the South finally by the Grande Moor, in the department of the Moors.
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