Marais Poitevin

Main category: Parc Interrégional du Marais Poitevin

English: The Marais Poitevin ("Poitevin Marsh", "Marsh of Poitou Region") is a large region of wooded marsh in Western France. Criss-crossed with a maze of picturesque canals now used for touristic rowboating, it is nicknamed "the Green Venice" (Venise Verte).

Français : Le marais poitevin est une vaste zone de marais boisé de l'ouest de la France. Traversé d'un dédale de canaux pittoresques maintenant utilisés pour le canotage touristique, il est surnommé « la Venise Verte ».

Landscape

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  English: Canal and flatboats visible left down under the bridge, village of Le Mazeau.
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  English: The river port of the town of Damvix.
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  English: The river port of the town of Damvix.
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  English: A pier with flatboats to rent at the small town of Le mazeau.
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  English: A large border canal, quay at the small town of Coulon.
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  English: A traditional house by a canal.
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  English: A border canal.
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  English: A canal with some duckweed.
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  English: A canal covered with green duckweed.
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  English: A footbridge over a canal.
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  English: A flatboat on an inner canal.
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  English: An inner canal seen from a flatboat.

Fauna

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  English: Sheep on an islet.
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  English: Lestes Viridis.
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  English: Lestes Virens copulating.
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  English: Sympetrum sanguineum, male.
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  English: Thyatira batis.
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  English: Libellula depressa.
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  English: Female wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi).

Flora

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  English: Tree stump by a canal.
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  English: Greater Duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) on a canal.
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  English: Flower of common salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius).
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  English: Wild chicory (Cichorium intybus).