The Garonne River is of Aragonese origin, but most of its course runs through French territory. It crosses several towns in the Aran Valley, such as Vielha, Tredós and Salardú.

The place where it originates is not very clear; for a long time it has been located in Uelh deth Garona, next to the Pla de Beret. However, after numerous studies it has been confirmed that the Saboredo cirque and the Ratera lakes could be the origin of this long river.

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January 2, 2025

In fact, for the Aranese of the Val d'Aran, the real source, the Uelh dera Garona (eye of the Garonne), is located in the pastures of Plã de Béret, near the Baqueira Beret ski resort, therefore after Viehla
BUT according to Norbert Casteret (search for the source with dyes in the 1930s), the main source is located to the east of the Maladeta massif, in Aragon, from the northern and eastern snowfields of the Aneto peak, whose water rushes into the Forau d'Aigualluts or Toro hole (altitude: 2,074 m), to change valleys by a resurgence at the Uelhs de Joeu (Eyes of the Jew) (at 1,658 m). It is at Plan dera Artiga de Lin (at the bottom of the small, almost uninhabited valley starting after the village of Es Bordes (instead of continuing on Viehla, leave the road on the right at Es Bordes to enter this small valley at the bottom of which is the resurgence)

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