Causse
Sign in to saveThe Causses () are a group of limestone plateaux (700–1,200 m) in the Massif Central. They are bordered to the north-west by the Limousin and the Périgord uplands, and to the east by the Aubrac and the Cévennes. Large river gorges cut through the plateaux, such as the Tarn, Dourbie, Jonte, Lot, Vis, and Aveyron. Causse is an Occitan word meaning "limestone plateau" coming from the latin word calx meaning limestone or chalk.
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- Causse Mejean, Cevennes National Park, France.jpg
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- 1.2
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.caption
- Causse Méjean in Massif Central, Cévennes National Park, France
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.location
- Massif Central, France
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.part_of
- The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
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- (iii)(v)
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- 1153rev
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 2011
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin
- France
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- Karst topography in France
- mountain range
- Massif Central
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Article · Italiano
Un causse è un altopiano carsico fortemente eroso caratteristico delle aureole sedimentarie del sud e dell'ovest del Massiccio Centrale francese. Il nome viene dall'occitano e a sua volta deriva dal latino calx, cioè calce.
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