Wild France

As the River Flows (1x7)

: 17, 2012

The Loire is one of Europe's last free-flowing rivers ? one of the few whose banks have not been developed and confined by man. As the seasons change, its water level rises and falls and the morphology of the river-bed alters.nHow do plants and animals adjust to these variations? How do they deal with droughts and flooding? The free-flowing Loire river illustrates one of Europe's distinctive natural ecosystems.