Seuil de Naurouze
Introduction Riquet Monument  The '''Seuil de Naurouze''', or Col de Naurouze, is the highest point (190 m above sea level) of the Canal du Midi in southern France. It is the watershed point identified by Pierre-Paul Riquet when he designed and built the canal. Water falling on the western side of this point flows to the Atlantic Ocean and on the eastern side to the Mediterranean Sea. It is on the border of the department of Haute-Garonne and the department of the Aude. In 1827, the heirs of Riquet built the Riquet Obelisk. The obelisk has a dedication: "To Pierre-Paul Riquet, Baron Bonrepos, author of the Two Seas Canal in Languedoc". It is erected near the site of the former octagonal holding tank, called the Bassin de Naurouze created during the building of the Canal du Midi. The flow of water from the Bassin de St. Ferréol joins the Canal at this point.The locks closest to the Seuil de Naurouze are the Océan Lock on the Atlantic ocean side and the Mediterranee Lock on the Mediterranean sea side.The Seuil has been known since Antiquity: Greek geographer Strabo called it the Gaulish isthmus, and the Roman road ''Via Aquitania'', going from Narbonnes to Toulouse, went through the Seuil.
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Gallery Image: France Canal du Midi épanchoir de Naurouze.jpg | Spillway in NaurouzeImage: Naurouze Monument Riquet.jpg | Riquet ObeliskImage: France Canal du Midi bief de partage1.jpg | Water joins the Canal from the Bassin de NaurouzeImage: Canal du Midi obélisque Riquet Naurouze.jpg | Riquet ObeliskImage: France Canal du Midi rigole de la plaine.jpg | Rigole de la plaine empties into the Bassin de NaurouzeImage: France Canal du Midi bief de partage2.jpg | Summit level sign at the watershed pointImage: FR06 P1100974.jpg | Lock on the Canal du Midi at Naurouze.Image:Canal du Midi Schleusenschild.jpg|Sign indicating the Océan Lock at the Seuil de Naurouze.Image:Canal du Midi summit plaque, Seuil de Naurouze, August 2000.jpg|Canal du Midi summit plaque, Seuil de Naurouze, August 2000