Causses
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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![]() Causse Méjean in Massif Central, Cévennes National Park, France | |
Location | Massif Central, France |
Part of | The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape |
Criteria | Cultural: (iii)(v) |
Reference | 1153rev |
Inscription | 2011 (35th Session) |
Coordinates | 44°9′N 3°15′E / 44.150°N 3.250°ECoordinates: 44°9′N 3°15′E / 44.150°N 3.250°E |
![]() ![]() Location of Causses in France |
The Causses are a group of limestone plateaus (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 plateau, such as the Tarn, Dourbie, Jonte, Lot and Aveyron. Causse is an Occitan word meaning "limestone plateau".
Arranged from the north-west to the south-east, the following plateaus are found:
- the :
- the Grands Causses:
- the (Aveyron)
- the (Aveyron)
- the (Lozère)
- the Causse Méjean (Lozère)
- the (Aveyron)
- the (Aveyron)
- the Causse du Larzac (Aveyron and Hérault)
- notable smaller causes (“petite causses”) nearby
Many sites on the Causses are included in Natura 2000, notably the on the Larzac, Méjean, and Noir plateaus. The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2011.[1]
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Categories:
- Landforms of Aveyron
- Landforms of Lot (department)
- Landforms of Lozère
- Plateaus of Metropolitan France
- Landforms of Corrèze
- Occitanie geography stubs