The Corbières Massif (
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: ''Corberes''; french: Massif des Corbières, ) is a mountain range in the
Pre-Pyrenees. It is the only true
foothill of the Pyrenees on their northern side.
Geography
The Corbières are a mountain region in the
Languedoc-Roussillon in southeastern
France
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, located in the departements of
Aude and
Pyrénées-Orientales.
The river
Aude borders the Corbières to the west and north, and the river
Agly more or less to the south. The eastern border is the
Mediterranean Sea
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. The eastern part of the Corbières bordering the Mediterranean and the
Etangs is also known as the ''Corbières Maritimes'', and has a special kind of climate and typical vegetation (thermo-
mediterranean vegetation
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub is a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The biome is generally characterized by dry summers and rainy winters, although in some areas rainfall may be uniform. Summers are typically hot in ...
) which cannot be found in the western part.
The highest point of the Corbières is the 1,230 m high
Pic de Bugarach
The Pic de Bugarach () or Pech de Bugarach () (''puèg de Bugarag'' in Occitan, i.e. "Peak of Bugarag") is the highest summit (1230 m) in the Corbières Massif in the French ''Midi''.
The western part of the mountain is located on the terri ...
.
[Christophe Neff : ''Les Corbières maritimes – forment-elles un étage de végétation méditerranéenne thermophile masqué par la pression humaine ?'' In: Eric Fouache (Edit.): ''The Mediterranean World Environment and History. IAG Working Group on Geo-archeology, Symposium Proceedings. Environmental Dynamics and History in Mediterranean Areas, Paris, Université de Paris – Sorbonne 24 – 26 avril 2002''. Paris, 2003, 191 – 202, (Elsevier France, ).]
File:Carte des Corbières.svg, Map of the Corbières Massif
File:Château de Puilaurens, Aude, France 05.jpg, Serre de la Quière, Corbières
See also
*
Geology of the Pyrenees
*
Pre-Pyrenees
References
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Landforms of Aude
Landforms of Pyrénées-Orientales
Pre-Pyrenees
Mountain ranges of Occitania (administrative region)