Slack (river)

River in France

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Native nameLa Slack (French)LocationCountryFrancePhysical characteristicsSource • locationPas-de-Calais Mouth

• location

English Channel

• coordinates

50°48′18″N 1°36′5″E / 50.80500°N 1.60139°E / 50.80500; 1.60139Length22 km (14 mi)

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]

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.