Haute Vallée de la Sarthe translated as the Upper Sarthe VAlley is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 3,503 hectares in size.[1]
Geography
The area is an Alluvial plain in a valley that commonly floods in winter.[1] It is mainly consisted of sparse natural meadows crossed by a very developed hydrographic network (numerous tributaries, ditches).[2]
It is spread across 29 different communes within the Orne department and 4 within the Sarthe department;[1]
