Tidal bores: mascaret on the Couesnon river - France (2)
Tidal bores: mascaret on the Couesnon river - France (2)
Description
Tidal bore (mascaret, pororoca) on the Couesnon river (France). The tidal bore is significantly weaker since the construction of an upstream barrage. Bore seen from the Tour de Gabriel on 7 March 2004 (bore flowing from right to left).
Copyright
Hubert Chanson, Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia
This web site was launched by Prof. Michele Mossa of the Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy) with the initial support of Fondazione Caripuglia, Bari, Italy for the Research Project LIC-MON of 2003 and of the Project IMCA (Integrated Monitoring of Coastal Areas) financed by MIUR PON D.M. 593/00. Later, the initiative was supported with other Prof. Michele Mossa’s funds, most recently provided by the RITMARE Project.
Tidal bores: mascaret on the Couesnon river - France (2)
