Camargue

The Camargue is a natural region located south of Arles, France, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhone delta. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhone; the western one is the Petit Rhone. Administratively it lies within the department of Bouches-du-Rhone, and covers parts of the territory of the communes of Arles, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, and Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone.

A further expanse of marshy plain, the Petite Camargue, just to the west of the Petit Rhone, lies in the department of Gard. With an area of over 930 km2, the Camargue is west of Europe's largest river delta. It is a vast plain comprising large brine lagoons or etangs, cut off from the sea by sandbars and encircled by reed-covered marshes. These are in turn surrounded by a large cultivated area. Camargue was designated a Ramsar site as a "Wetland of International Importance" on 1 December 1986. You can come here and explore this place.