Morlaix (English Channel)

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Morlaix
Jarlot
It flows into the Rade de Morlaix

It flows into the Rade de Morlaix

Data
Water code FR :  J26-0300
location France , Brittany region
River system Morlaix
source in the municipality of Plougonven
48 ° 28 ′ 52 ″  N , 3 ° 43 ′ 26 ″  W
Source height approx.  240  m
muzzle at Locquénolé in the English Channel Coordinates: 48 ° 37 ′ 42 "  N , 3 ° 50 ′ 57"  W 48 ° 37 ′ 42 "  N , 3 ° 50 ′ 57"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 240 m
Bottom slope approx. 10 ‰
length 24 km
Catchment area 233 km²
Left tributaries Queffleuth , Pennélé
Right tributaries Tromorgant
Small towns Morlaix
Navigable to Morlaix

The Morlaix (in the upper reaches: Jarlot ) is a coastal river in France that runs in the Finistère department in the Brittany region . It rises west of the hamlet Le Quillou in the municipality of Plougonven and generally drains in a north-westerly direction through the Armorique Regional Nature Park . In the town of Morlaix , the river also takes the name Morlaix , forms a confluence and reaches the English Channel at Locquénolé after a total of 24 kilometers in the Rade de Morlaix bay . The river Dourduff , which flows there from the right , is according to official information not a tributary of the Morlaix, but an independent coastal river.

Places on the river

(in flow order)

Attractions

  • Viaduc de Morlaix railway viaduct over the river - Monument historique
  • Suscinio Botanical Garden (fr: Parc botanique de Suscinio ) at the mouth of the river

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b c The information on the river length is based on the information about the Morlaix at SANDRE (French), accessed on March 12, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.
  4. ↑ Viaduc de Morlaix in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

  • Morlaix Viaduct

  • Morlaix Harbor