Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents

Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents translated as Orne Valley and tributaries is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 2,115 hectares in size.[1]

Geography

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The area is focused on Orne and 3 of its main tributaries, the laize, the Noireau and the Rouvre, as they flow through the different landscapes of Norman Switzerland.[2] These landscapes range from deep gorges, torrential or slow-flowing rivers, wet meadows, alluvial forests, escarpments, scree slopes, siliceous ledges, enclosed woods and hedgerows.[3]

It is spread across 21 different communes all within the departments of Orne and calvados;[2]

Conservation

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The conservation area has seventeen species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;[4]

In addition the Natura 2000 site has eighteen habitats protected under the Habitats Directive.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "La vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents | valleeorneaffluents". valleeorneaffluents.n2000.fr.
  2. ^ a b "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500091 - Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents - Description".
  3. ^ "Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents" (PDF) (in French). Ministre de la Transition écologique.
  4. ^ a b "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents". eunis.eea.europa.eu.