Le Massif central est un massif montagneux essentiellement hercynien qui occupe le centre de la moitié sud de la France métropolitaine.D'une surface de 85 000 km 2, soit 15 % environ du territoire métropolitain, c'est le massif le plus vaste du pays.Le massif est d'altitude moyenne et ses reliefs sont souvent arrondis par l'érosion.Il culmine à 1 885 mètres au sommet volcanique …

Geography. The Apennines are divided into three sectors: northern (Appennino settentrionale), central (Appennino centrale), and southern (Appennino meridionale).A number of long hiking trails wind through the Apennines. Of note is European walking route E1 coming from northern Europe and traversing the lengths of the northern and central Apennines. The Grand Italian …

The English word Alps comes from the Latin Alpes.. The Latin word Alpes could possibly come from the adjective albus ("white"), or could possibly come from the Greek goddess Alphito, whose name is related to alphita, the "white flour"; alphos, a dull white leprosy; and finally the Proto-Indo-European word *albʰós.Similarly, the river god Alpheus is also supposed to derive from the …

Central Europe is an area of Europe between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, based on a common historical, social and cultural identity. The Thirty Years' War between Catholicism and Protestantism was a significant shaping process in the history of Central Europe. The concept of "Central Europe" appeared in the 19th century.. Central Europe comprised most of the …

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Central Intelligence Bulletin. Harry Truman was the first U.S. president to receive a daily intelligence digest. At his direction, the Daily Summary began production in February 1946, and continued until February 1951. President Truman was pleased with the product, but a survey group commissioned by the National Security Council in 1949 was ...

The Himalayas consist of parallel mountain ranges: the Sivalik Hills on the south; the Lower Himalayan Range; the Great Himalayas, which is the highest and central range; and the Tibetan Himalayas on the north. The Karakoram are generally considered separate from the Himalayas.. In the middle of the great curve of the Himalayan mountains lie the 8,000 m (26,000 ft) peaks …

Une forêt ou un massif forestier est un écosystème, relativement étendu, constitué principalement d'un peuplement d'arbres, arbustes et arbrisseaux (), ainsi que de l'ensemble des autres espèces qui lui sont associées et qui vivent en interaction au sein de ce milieu. Elle peut être naturelle ou exploitée en sylviculture.Les espèces animales, végétales ainsi que les …

Natural boundaries in Alsace include the Vosges Mountains to the west and the Rhine River to the east. The massif of the Vosges gradually gives way eastward to the plain of Alsace, while to the south the region of Sundgau in southern Haut-Rhin rises to the Jura Mountains.Alsace is one of the more fertile regions in central Europe.

Anatolia's terrain is structurally complex. A central massif composed of uplifted blocks and downfolded troughs, covered by recent deposits and giving the appearance of a plateau with rough terrain, is wedged between two folded mountain ranges that converge in the east. True lowland is confined to a few narrow coastal strips along the Aegean ...