Slack (river)

The Slack (French pronunciation: ​[slak], in Picard locally [s̟laːk]) is a 22-kilometre-long (14 mi) coastal river in the Pas-de-Calais department, in northern France.[1]

Slack
The Slack
Native nameLa Slack  (French)
Location
CountryFrance
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPas-de-Calais
Mouth 
 • location
English Channel
 • coordinates
50°48′18″N 1°36′5″E
Length22 km (14 mi)

It rises at Hermelinghen on Mount Binôt, flows through Rinxent, Marquise, Beuvrequen, Slack (village near Ambleteuse) and flows into the English Channel in Ambleteuse next to Fort Mahon.

The Slack and Fort Mahon

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