Geography
The department can be split into three main areas:
- A part of the Seine valley and the River Seine, which meanders upstream from Le Havre, and flows through the provincial capital Rouen, approximately eastern limit of the department.
- The Pays de Caux plateau with its northern coastline including the towns of Dieppe and Le Havre.
- The Norman Pays de Bray, with its hills and bocage landscape.
Read more about this topic: Seine-Maritime
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