Exposition "Avec ou sans sel ?"

The Rhône delta was formed over time by the sedimentary deposits that the river deposited on the continental shelf and gained from the sea. As a result, the soil is naturally salty.

A natural environmental balance existed when the river's floods washed out the soil. Total dyking of the Camargue, while protecting it from flooding, has interrupted this natural balance.

Since 1860, irrigation systems equipped with pumps have supplemented the flooding by criss-crossing the Camargue island...