Tidal bores: mascaret on the Couesnon river - France (3)

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Tidal bores: mascaret on the Couesnon river - France (3)

Tidal bores: mascaret on the Couesnon river - France (3)

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Tidal bore (mascaret, pororoca) on the Couesnon river (France). The tidal bore is significantly weaker since the construction of an upstream barrage. Couesnon river at low tide on 4 Feb. 2004 before the mascaret, looking upstream from Mont Saint Michel monastery.

Geophysical Hydraulics

Maritime hydraulics
Tidal bores: mascaret on the Couesnon river - France (1)

Geophysical Hydraulics

Maritime hydraulics
Tidal bores: mascaret on the Couesnon river - France (2)

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Couesnon River France low tide mascaret pororoca tidal bore

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