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diving in France |
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France is a great place for diving. Don't miss the french riviera and its famous wrecks.
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France at a glance |
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Location: Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain.
Geographic coordinates: 46° 0' N, 2° 0' E
Coastline: 3,427 Km km
Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
Terrain: mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east
Elevation: lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
Natural hazards: flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean
Currency: Euro
Population: 60,424,213 (July 2004 est.)
Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
Capital: Paris
Divisions: 22 regions (regions, singular - region); Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Bourgogne, Bretagne, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse, Franche-Comte, Haute-Normandie, Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Rhone-Alpes note: metropolitan France is divided into 22 regions (including the "territorial collectivity" of Corse or Corsica) and is subdivided into 96 departments; see separate entries for the overseas departments (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion) and the overseas territorial collectivities (Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
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La Villa Algerienne, France
By chris, 2008-07-26 23:15:00
Night dive with Gaëlle. Saw the same great stuffs as the previous dive + Bruno's french lobster (Homard). Broke the fix of my fin; did all the dive with a single fin... Not really great. Have to buy a new one :(
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La Villa Algerienne, France
By chris, 2008-07-24 22:30:00
Great night dive
WithThomas & Madge. We did a great dive yesterday night. The viz was much better than two weeks ago. Conger eels, Sea hares (a lot++++ with somethime 4/5 copulating and spawning), Two different species: The big black and the small white spotted
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La Villa Algerienne, France
By chris, 2008-07-08 21:25:00
Nera by...
With Gaëlle and Sandrine: night dive at high tide (we definitely should not dive here at low tide!). Tons of marine species: Conger eels, topedo ray, balistes, sehorses (50+ !!!! one on every sea grass), se hare (so sweet!), nudibranches etc. Th
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La Villa Algerienne, France
By chris, 2008-06-14 20:45:00
Near by...
Buddies: Gaëlle & Christophe (president). Low tide for this night dive. This is definitely not a good idea to dive this area at low tide. Some sea horses along sea grasses...
Picture by CV.
After 15min, Christophe notic
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Hortense, France
By chris, 2008-06-14 15:00:00
Bunker-archeo
Buddy: Sandrine.
First dive of the year for Sandrine. Classical dive for Hortense: The dolphin statue, the Cannon blokhaus, the house blokhausthen back to the beach. The viz was good (approx 5-10m). Shoals of 'sars' (Diplodus sp.), spi
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