Various uses for Electricite de France dams. Artificial lakes have existed since time immemorial but, in France, the largest have been built for energy, and sometimes for agricultural purposes. However, they are suitable for many other uses, and first of all, tourism ; a few exemples will be given. The ever-increasing rôle of water-related problems, and a rapidly growing leisure society can, in the end, usher in divergencies of interest between different kinds of users who will have to work together to find solutions.Les lacs artificiels existent de temps immémoriaux mais, en France, les plus importants ont été essentiellement créés à des fins énergétiques et quelquefois agricoles. Cependant ils se prêtent à de nombreuses autres utilisa...
Much of the history of the Aquitaine heathlands has been closely associated with the existence of an...
The importance of water in modern society has restricted the once predominant role played by energy ...
Water sports cover a very varied range including swimming with and without aids, skin-diving, rowing...
The use of water as a direct and indirect source of power — hydroelectric and thermal production res...
Ideas on water supplies for town and country areas in multi-purpose development have changed since W...
The two ways in which rivers or lakes can be developed for leisure activities are as follow : (i) S...
Now that the price of fuel oil has fallen to less than half what it was a few years ago the French G...
The Durance river permits the irrigation of 75 000 ha ant the potable water supply for the city of M...
A certain number of multi-purpose development schemes are in operation in France, which were either ...
The use of waterways for leisure purposes is expanding on a large scale, covering a vast number of u...
The river Marne slowly flows through three counties of "Ile-de-France", travelling over 100 kilometr...
The Rhone, France’s mightiest river, is an appreciable source of natural wealth which the Compagnie ...
The Morbihan department is situated in an oceanic environment, but with drought episode.<br />During...
France offers considerable scope for boating on her rivers and canals. The various forms of boating ...
Hydroelectric development of the Durance river, between its confluence with the Verdon river and the...
Much of the history of the Aquitaine heathlands has been closely associated with the existence of an...
The importance of water in modern society has restricted the once predominant role played by energy ...
Water sports cover a very varied range including swimming with and without aids, skin-diving, rowing...
The use of water as a direct and indirect source of power — hydroelectric and thermal production res...
Ideas on water supplies for town and country areas in multi-purpose development have changed since W...
The two ways in which rivers or lakes can be developed for leisure activities are as follow : (i) S...
Now that the price of fuel oil has fallen to less than half what it was a few years ago the French G...
The Durance river permits the irrigation of 75 000 ha ant the potable water supply for the city of M...
A certain number of multi-purpose development schemes are in operation in France, which were either ...
The use of waterways for leisure purposes is expanding on a large scale, covering a vast number of u...
The river Marne slowly flows through three counties of "Ile-de-France", travelling over 100 kilometr...
The Rhone, France’s mightiest river, is an appreciable source of natural wealth which the Compagnie ...
The Morbihan department is situated in an oceanic environment, but with drought episode.<br />During...
France offers considerable scope for boating on her rivers and canals. The various forms of boating ...
Hydroelectric development of the Durance river, between its confluence with the Verdon river and the...
Much of the history of the Aquitaine heathlands has been closely associated with the existence of an...
The importance of water in modern society has restricted the once predominant role played by energy ...
Water sports cover a very varied range including swimming with and without aids, skin-diving, rowing...