Topology Flashcards
What borders Provence and Italy?
Maritime Alps
Mountain NE of Avignon known for Tour de France?
Mont Ventoux
Far SW part of Provence salt marsh around Arles which are flat and basis for Rhône Delta
Camarque
Mountains in the E Provence
L’Estell
Maures
Small chain of former volcanic coastal mountains between Fréjus and Cannes?
L’Estrel
Coastal range running from Hyères and Fréjus
Maures
Mountain range that stretches from Toulon to Marseille, named after “baumo” / grotto or cave
Sainte Baume
Coastal mountains running from Marseille to Cassis with deep, narrow crevices
Calanques
Most famous peak in Provence that Cezanne painted, east of Aix-en-Provence
Sainte-Victoire
Mountains south of Avignon
Les Alpilles
Salt water marsh in Languedoc
Etang de Thau
Pic Saint Loup AOC sits at the foothills of what?
Foothills of Cliffs of Hortus
between Mt Pic on. garrique
Which Languedoc AOC is in the foothills of the Cevennes mountains
Cabardea
Pays Nantais is on what geological formation?
Massif Armoricain
Volcanic, Igneous, Metamorphic
Surrounds the Lac du Grand-Lieu in Loire?
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu AOC
Where do the Massif Armoricain and Paris Basin meet?
Anjou-Saumur
Soils in the east and west Anjou are known as?
West - Dark Schist and Sandstone “Black Anjou”
East - White Chalk - Tuffeau “White Anjou”
Savennières AOC on which bank of what river
Right bank
Loire
Where is cork found in Provence?
Massif des Maures
Where aeolian sands is found?
Savennières AOC
Where does Alsace sit?
Rhine Graben part of Western Rift
What plain does the Upper Loire Sit?
Limangne Plain
Highest peak on Corsica?
Monte Cinto
What are the 3 mountain ranges that surround Roussillon?
Corbières (N)
Pyrenees (W)
Albères (S)
