The eight landscape areas of the four cantons

7

The marshes of the river Touques

" Everywhere narrow rivers slip past the feet of poplars, under the light veils of willow trees ; streams glitter in the grass for a moment, disappearing to spring out further on, bathing all the countryside in fertile freshness. "

Guy de Maupassant, " Notre cœur ".

A -

 Reed bed - View towards Canapville

B -

Hide - The marsh seen from St-Cloud

C -

Reed bed - View from the stud farm " Haras des Chaumes "

D -

The marsh - View towards St Martin-aux-Chartrains

The marshes

The flat or damp valley bottoms

 

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