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Rhone Delta
Rhone River flows into the Mediterranean, forming not only the most beautiful delta in France, but one of the best protected deltas around the world. The whole region is actually included in the Camargue National Park boundaries, protected area since 1970. Reserve covers an area of 80,000 hectares, including here marshes, meadows, forests, sand dunes and Saraturi. Delta is the largest in Western Europe. The region is famous for rough weather, with over 300 days a year in which whipped the mistral, a cold, dry wind that blows from the north-west across the entire Valley Rhoneului. A third of the delta are strictly protected, people being denied access completely. Asprele measures were taken to save and preserve rare species of plants and animals, and for maintaining the local ecosystem, which is very fragile. The rest of the delta, with a special permit, are allowed hunting, farming and salt extraction.