12) Garonne. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and flowing generally NE to Toulouse, in SW France, where it swings northwest to join the Dordogne River and forms the Gironde estuary. The Garonne receives nearly...

13) Cro-Magnon man. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...associated artifacts of the of the Aurignacian culture were first found in 1868 in Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France. Later discoveries were made in a number of caverns...

14) Quercy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...city. It consists of arid limestone plateaus (causses), cut by fertile valleys of the Lot, Dordogne, and Aveyron rivers. Sheep raising is the chief activity in the...

15) Guienne. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...16th-early 17th cent.) to the French Revolution covered the present departments of Gironde, Dordogne, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, and Aveyron and most of Tarn-et-Garonne....

16) Paleolithic art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...than 150 sites in W Europe, particularly to the magnificent cave paintings in N Spain and the Dordogne valley of SW France. 1Most of these works were produced during...

17) Massif Central. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Seine, Loire, Rhone, and Garonne) receive tributaries from the Massif Central; the Loire, Dordogne, and Charente originate there. Sheep and goat grazing, dairying,...

18) cave. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sicily, Postojna, and England (Kent's Cavern and Kirkdale). The caves of the Pyrenees and the Dordogne are famed for their prehistoric paintings (see Paleolithic...

19) France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and Guienne. The last two constitute the great Aquitanian plain, drained by the Garonne and Dordogne rivers, which flow into the Bay of Biscay. The central section...