Horn (English Channel)

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horn
Data
Water code FR :  J3014000
location France , Brittany region
River system horn
source in the municipality of Plouvorn
48 ° 32 ′ 30 ″  N , 4 ° 3 ′ 15 ″  W
Source height approx.  110  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Santec and Plougoulm in the English Channel Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ′ 16 ″  N , 4 ° 2 ′ 9 ″  W 48 ° 41 ′ 16 ″  N , 4 ° 2 ′ 9 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  0  m
Height difference approx. 110 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.1 ‰
length 27 km
Catchment area 92 km²
Navigable in the mouth section

The Horn is a coastal river in France that runs in the Finistère department in the Brittany region . It rises in the municipality of Plouvorn , drains with several changes of direction generally to the north and flows into the English Channel after 27 kilometers at Pont Bihan , on the municipal border of Santec and Plougoulm . Below Pont Bihan it forms an approximately one kilometer long, narrow bay of the Ria type , which reaches the open sea south of the hamlet of Dossen (municipality of Santec).

Places on the river

(in flow order)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Horn at SANDRE (French), accessed on March 16, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.