Queyras
Sign in to savethumb|A small village in the Queyras Valley thumb|100px|right|Emblem of the Parc naturel régional du Queyras The Queyras (; ) is a valley located in the French Hautes-Alpes, of which the geographical extent is the basin of the river Guil, a tributary of the Durance. The Queyras is one of the oldest mountain ranges of the Alps, and it was one of the last ones to be opened to public tourism towards the end of the 20th century, thus being relatively untouched by environmental destruction.
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- Instance of
- natural region of France
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arvieux
- Elevation
- 2140
- Body of water
- Guil
- Image
- Queyras abries.jpg
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- Queyras Regional Natural Park
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thumb|A small village in the Queyras Valley thumb|100px|right|Emblem of the Parc naturel régional du Queyras The Queyras (; ) is a valley located in the French Hautes-Alpes, of which the geographical extent is the basin of the river Guil, a tributary of the Durance. The Queyras is one of the oldest mountain ranges of the Alps, and it was one of the last ones to be opened to public tourism towards the end of the 20th century, thus being relatively untouched by environmental destruction.
The Queyras is also one of the 58 Regional nature parks of France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Queyras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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