The Volp is a river of southwestern

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. It is a right tributary of the

Garonne The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – ...

, which it joins upstream of Cazères,

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. A flood in 1993 ruined a marginal amount of cropland. In 1912 ice-age cave paintings were discovered in a cave along the length of the Volp. See

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. Notable places along the river include: * Ariège:

Sainte-Croix-Volvestre Sainte-Croix-Volvestre ( Languedocien: ''Senta Crotz de Volvèstre'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Sainte-Croix-Volvestre are called ''Croissants''. See also *Communes of the ...

: Le Plan

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Rivers of France Rivers of Ariège (department) Rivers of Haute-Garonne Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) {{France-river-stub