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| | Entry to the River Seine |
 | | Braye Bay is on the north coast of Alderney, and is exposed to a reasonable east/west tidal stream in the Swinge, in contrast to the 7 mile wide southern stretch between Alderney and France called the Alderney Race, which can have tidal streams of up to 10 knots. |
 | | Incidentally, there was a major chemical spill in October, a few weeks after we transited the Swinge, when a chemical barge broke up in a storm on the Casquets, a group of shoals northwest of the Swinge, 11 miles from Alderney. |
 | | The estuary of any major river system is a complicated delta of sand bars, islands, and often several narrow channels penetrating the entrance. |
| www.searoom.com /veleda/logsec02/veleda4-log18A.htm (1243 words) |
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