Couesnon River

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The Couesnon River is a watercourse in northwestern France that flows through Brittany and Normandy before emptying into the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel near the famous island abbey.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Couesnon River canonical 2
Couesnon estuary 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedWith Mont-Saint-Michel tidal bay ⓘ
basinCountry France ⓘ
country France ⓘ
drainageBasin English Channel basin ⓘ
emptiesInto Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
flowsThrough Antrain ⓘ
Brittany ⓘ
Fougères ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
Pontorson ⓘ
Saint-James ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Brittany ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
hasBridge Pont de Pontaubault ⓘ
hasEstuary Couesnon estuary ⓘ
linked to: Couesnon River
historicalRole helped define the boundary between Brittany and Normandy ⓘ
knownFor sedimentation issues in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
strong tidal influences near its mouth ⓘ
languageOfToponym French ⓘ
length approximately 97 km ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern France ⓘ
mouthLocation Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
near Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey ⓘ
region Ille-et-Vilaine ⓘ
sourceLocation Mayenne department ⓘ
linked to: Mayenne

near Lignières-Orgères ⓘ
subjectOf river regulation and restoration projects near Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
tributaryOf Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel → mouthOf → Couesnon River ⓘ
Pontorson → locatedOn → Couesnon River ⓘ
Couesnon River → hasEstuary → Couesnon estuary ⓘ
linked to: Couesnon River