MS Maribelle
Viking River Cruises
from MS Maribelle Photos
Along the river
The MS Maribelle descends to a lower water level in
one of 15 locks between Chalon-sur-Sa�ne and
Avignon.
The average height difference
within a lock is about a dozen meters or 35 feet, but the deepest of the Rh�ne's
locks--the Lock Bollène at the Donzère-Mondragon Power Plant between Viviers and
Avignon--can raise or lower a ship by 22 meters or 72 feet in just seven
minutes.
All locks on the Rh�ne and the
Sa�ne are powered by gravity; no pumps are needed.
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