Monday 22 September 2014
Friday 12 September 2014
Geography of France.
In the south and east of France the landscapes become a lot steeper. The French Alps and Pyrenees are characterised by plains surrounding very high mountains. Loads of folded and faulted rocks.
The Jura Mountains:
In France there is a combination of folded mountains. The plateau stretches across France, Switzerland and into Germany. The Jura Mountains are the lowest in the east of France. A huge part of the eastern slopes are located in Switzerland while its western slopes are in France. The Mountain is a small crescent-shaped range, 400km long and 80km wide, this runs between the Black Forest and the Alps. The Jura Mountains highest point is the Crèt de la Neige while in the south it is 1,723 meters.
The Alps:
The Alps Mountain range is not all belonging to France beca8use it also runs through Italy. Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and Slovenia. The French Alps start from the south of the Jura Mountains and reaches across 350 km, covering 33,000 km2 of the territory, from Lake Geneva to Nice. The western part of the Alpine Arc, the French Alps have a southern orientation. Between the Northern Alps and the Southern Alps the resulting horizontal stretch for the classic region.
The Northern Alps:
These Alps are higher, wetter, more wooden. The Northern Alps have four different types of landscape. There is the Prealps, the Sillon Alpin, the central massifs and the intra-alpine zone. The Northern Alps have four different types of landscape: the Prealps, the Sillon Alpin, the central massifs and the intra-alpine zone. The crystalline central massifs have the highest summits in the French Alps. Mont Blanc (4,807 m) in the whole of the Alps. Glaciers in the North Alps cover 400 km2 compared to only 4 km2 in the southern Alps. The Northern Alps are separated by the Southern Alps by a line running from Dròme Valley to the Col de Montgenèvre. The layout of the Southern Alps isn't as simple as the layout of the Northern Alps. The Durance Valley is not as wide as the large internal corridor of the Sillon Alpine, and its tributary valleys are narrow. The Southern Alps, drier and less open, have stronger Mediterranean affinities.
The Pyrenees
The mountain range are in the southwest of Europe and are dived between France and Spain. The steepest side is found on the french side which is called the Pyrenees. A mountain range in the southwest of Europe, divided between France and Spain, the steepest slope of the Pyrenees is found on the French side. The runoffs are torrential and it becomes a real wall in places (Roncevaux Pass).
The Pyrenees are linked to the Alpine system, but have lower summits, higher passes, and a massive aspect in relation to the size of its crystalline rocks and the relative weakness of glacier erosion.
located in a 430 km long isthmus between the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean.
Thursday 11 September 2014
Basic Details on France.
The Population of France is: 60,742,000. The capital of France is Paris. The language they speak in France is French, all over they don't speak any other language. They are a very religious country and have many Religious visiting places and one is Lourdes. this is visited from everyone all over the world because this is where the virgin Mary was suppose to appear. The currency they use is euro, nothing else. You are suppose to live up to 79 years old.
The capital of France is Paris.
Monday 8 September 2014
France
1)France is the largest country in the Western Europe.2) France is ahead of all the European Union in food exports, this means how much food they are sending off to other countries in trade.3) Most of the mountain ranges are located in the south of France, this includes the Alps, Pyernees , and the Massif Central.4) In France one third of the land area is covered in forests. These forests are a big source of environmental and viewing wealth.5) The north of France is mostly cool but in the south it is warm and dry.6) Frances mostly valuable seller would be their wine. They grow this in the south because the weather is warm and dry this makes it easier for the grapes to grow and for them to be more of a success.7) In the northeast coal and steel industries are concentrated.
~FRENCH FOOD~
In France the French eat snails, frogs legs, and horse meat. The most popular French bread is la baguette, known as the little stick. It is a large loaf 5 or 6cm. wide and up to a meter in length if not longer. If its any thinner it is known as une ficelle, also known as a string. The shape of the la baguette is made to make it very easy and comfortable to carry under your arm!
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Friday 5 September 2014
I am going to be posting about France and all different interesting facts about this country. The reason I have chosen to do this is because when I was younger I use to visit with my family and sometimes family friends. So as I got older I wanted to go into more detail about it and see where I was visiting as a child. I thought id like to share this with you all. Hope you enjoy my blog and the interesting facts I will be posting about France and I will keep updating it so you all can enjoy it, hopefully. Thank you for taking the time out to read it.
Tara :).
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