Gouessant

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Gouessant
The Anse de Morieux estuary

The Anse de Morieux estuary

Data
Water code FR :  J13-0300
location France , Brittany region
River system Gouessant
source west of Collinée
48 ° 18 ′ 23 ″  N , 2 ° 33 ′ 2 ″  W
Source height approx.  305  m
muzzle between Morieux and Hillion in the English Channel Coordinates: 48 ° 31 ′ 36 "  N , 2 ° 38 ′ 3"  W 48 ° 31 ′ 36 "  N , 2 ° 38 ′ 3"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 305 m
Bottom slope approx. 7.4 ‰
length 41 km
Left tributaries Truite, Evron
Right tributaries Hia, guest, Chifrouët
Reservoirs flowed through Barrage Pont-Rolland
Small towns Lamballe
Viaduc des Ponts Neufs

Viaduc des Ponts Neufs

The Gouessant is a coastal river in France that runs in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region . It rises west of Collinée , at the intersection of the municipalities of Saint-Glen , Trébry and Saint-Gouéno , first drains north-east to north, then turns to north-west and flows 41 kilometers between Morieux and Hillion in the Anse de Morieux , a section of the Baie de Saint-Brieuc in the English Channel . Below Les Pont Neufs , the river forms an estuary , but half of it is flooded by a reservoir on the Barrage Pont-Rolland.

Places on the river

Attractions

  • Former railway viaduct over the river at Les Ponts Neufs

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information on the Gouessant at SANDRE (French), accessed on February 22, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.