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The Editorial actually says the Rhône (Ródano)

ELPAÍS.com: Barcelona, sedienta (31/03/2008)

Barcelona y su región metropolitana suman unos cinco millones de habitantes, en una zona en la que no hay ni un solo río caudaloso. En materia de agua, se nutre de dos cauces menores: el Ter, sobre todo, y el Llobregat. Las reservas de ambos se hallan ahora bajo mínimos, dada la conjunción de dos factores: una sequía persistente (la mayor en los 60 años en los que se dispone de registros) y la falta de previsión de los Gobiernos catalanes, donde CiU, hoy beligerante en el asunto, tiene mucho de lo que arrepentirse. Ni siquiera si se hubiera optado por su gran proyecto, el trasvase del Ródano, se habría evitado el actual episodio de sequía, porque para terminar las obras (contando con que no hubiera retrasos) faltarían aún unos cuatro años.
I see the Garonne starts in the Val d'Aran, which has its own specific identity separate from Catalonia. So the Aranese might not be happy having water diverted from their river. But the Garonne must be tiny in the Val d'Aran. Maybe the Catalan Generalitat did have a pipe dream to build a canal through the Rosillon?

It'd be nice if the battle were only against the right wingers, not half of the left on top of that — François in Paris
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Apr 1st, 2008 at 05:45:12 AM EST
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The Garonne (Garona) indeed rises in the Val d'Aran -- but there's not much of it at that stage, as you surmise. It soon flows through a gap in the Pyrenees into France, and only becomes a considerable river after receiving several affluents from the northern slopes. Its level is often low in late summer (excessive irrigation...).

There is a project (has been around for a while) to build a canal from the Rhône (much greater volume than the Garonne) to Catalunya. Click on the region in the map.

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by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Apr 1st, 2008 at 06:41:11 AM EST
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