The Scorff Estuary

Rising in the department of the Côtes-d’Armor, the river Scorff flows for 75 km before joining the sea. Nearing Pont-Scorff, the start of its 12-kilometre estuary, it mixes with the rising seawater, and joins the river Blavet in the bay of Lorient. Here and at Le Roze, the influence of the sea is strong, offering a landscape of salt marshes and mudflats. Century after century, accumulating sediment from the river and the sea filled up the valley floor, giving the Scorff its meandering aspect and allowing the mudflats to be colonised by salt-loving plants, called halophiles