Causses

Causses

UNESCO World Heritage Site
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°E / 44.150; 3.250Coordinates: 44°9′N 3°15′E / 44.150°N 3.250°E / 44.150; 3.250
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 (Lot)
  • the (Lot)
  • the (Lot)
  • the (Corrèze)
• 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
  • Causse de Blandas
  • Causse-Bégon

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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  A doline in the causse de Sauveterre, Lozère.

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  Beige Limestone from the Causse in Lozère.

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External links[]

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110411152558/http://www.gorgesdutarn.net/?lang=en

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