The Gouët ( br, Goued) is a French river, located in the department of
Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor (, ; ; br, Aodoù-an-Arvor, ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord ( br, Aodoù-an-Hanternoz, link=no, ), are a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582. , in the region of
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
, which drains into the
English Channel
The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...
.
Geography
The river's source is found at the top of Kerchouan, a shale geological feature located in the commune of
La Harmoye. Il prend sa source à la
cime de Kerchouan, un relief
schisteux situé sur la commune de
La Harmoye. Much of the water is from rainfall, however, it is also influenced by a dam in
La Méaugon, which collects potable water for the nearby city of
Saint-Brieuc. This dam siphons off 86% of the surface of the basin.
The Gouët is an extremely polluted river. Its banks are the site of intensive agriculture, and in addition it receives runoff from multiple nearby
oil refineries
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, lique ...
. Finally, the Gouët is polluted by the waste products from nearby food processing factories.
The river is long
and it empties into the
English Channel
The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...
at
Saint-Brieuc, at the port of
Légué, thus separating the cities of Saint-Brieuc and
Plérin. The width varies between 10 and 23 feet (3 and 7m). The average discharge measured between 1990 and 1997 was , with measured discharges of during strong winter floods.
The drainage basin has an area of
[ and the underlying rock is primarily ]granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...
.
Tributaries
* The Gouédic, which empties into the river at Légué.
Towns
Quintin, Ploufragan
Ploufragan (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Ploufragan lies adjacent to the southwest of Saint-Brieuc, the prefecture and largest city of Côtes-d'Armor.
Population
Inhabitants of Ploufrag ...
, Saint-Brieuc, Plérin
See also
*Rivers of France
This is a list of rivers that are at least partially in France. The rivers are grouped by sea or ocean. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Some rive ...
Notes and references
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Rivers of France
Rivers of Brittany
Rivers of Côtes-d'Armor
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