Upper Normandy

(Local Name: Haute-Normandie) Upper Normandy which is traversed by the lower Seine, is the western part of an area of chalk tableland in the Paris basin rising to 250 m/820 ft and slashed by valleys, usually running parallel to one another. The most characteristic part of the area is the Pays de Caux (the "land of chalk"), which falls down to the Channel in steep cliffs (falaises) some 100m/330ft high.