Scorff
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Scorff | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Brittany |
Mouth | |
• location | Blavet |
• coordinates | 47°44′30″N 3°20′54″W / 47.74167°N 3.34833°W |
Length | 78.6 km (48.8 mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 15 m3/s (530 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Blavet→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Scorff (French pronunciation: [skɔʁf]; Breton: Skorf) River flows from central Brittany and enters the Atlantic Ocean on the south coast in Lorient.
The Scorff rises north of Langoëlan, in the Morbihan department, and flows through the towns of Guémené-sur-Scorff and Pont-Scorff. From there its bed enlarges to form a ria, submitted to the tides. It joins the Blavet in Lorient, where it enters the Ocean in the roadstead of Lorient.
It is 78.6 km (48.8 mi) long and its basin area is 483 km2 (186 sq mi).[1]
Fauna
The river is classified for fishing as "first category" (French: Cours d'eau de première catégorie);[2] it is home to Brown trout and Atlantic salmon.
References
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Scorff (J5--0220)".
- ^ Morbihan angling association: Fédération départementale de pêche du Morbihan
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Tributaries of the Blavet
- Pages with French IPA
- Articles containing Breton-language text
- Articles containing French-language text
- Articles with FAST identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with SUDOC identifiers
- Rivers of France
- Rivers of Brittany
- Rivers of Côtes-d'Armor
- Rivers of Morbihan
- All stub articles
- Brittany geography stubs
- France river stubs