active dunes, fixed in part by people at the end of the nineteenth century. Further inland, old dunes are oriented in a north-south line and the forest is slowly recovering them, extending a dozen kilometers west-east. Across this dune corridor is the sandy plain of Landes.

The Arcachon Bay is, a large gap in the forested plain, offers a great variety of landscapes: salty marches at the bank of Arguin, the Dune of Pyla, and the Isle of Birds. The bay is the mouth of the Eyre River and receives the fresh water of the area.

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