The Gorges de l'Ardèche is a roughly thirty-kilometer canyon cut by the Ardèche river in southeastern France, running from Vallon-Pont-d'Arc to Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche and known locally as the European Grand Canyon. Its lower reaches mark the boundary between the Ardèche and Gard departments, and the gorge draws over a million visitors a year along with a rich record of historical and archaeological sites.
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Visitor Access Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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1. Gorges de l'Ardèche (Wikipedia)
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The Gorges de l'Ardèche is made up of a series of gorges in the river and locally known as the "European Grand Canyon", Located in the Ardèche, in the French department Ardèche, forming a thirty-kilometre long canyon running from Vallon-Pont-d'Arc to Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche.
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The canyon is a tourist attraction, drawing over a million visitors per year, in addition to a rich historical and archeological site.
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Most of the canyon is protected; it is governed by the Réserve Naturelle Gorges de l'Ardèche.
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