Mounts of Lacaune

The mounts of Lacaune are a mountainous solid mass located at the south of the Massif Central in France.

Geographical location

This solid mass is centered on around the town of Lacaune from where its name. It is delimited in the south by the Agout and the Vèbre, in north by the Rance and in the west by the Gijou. It is located mainly in the end is Tarn and overflows a little on the departments of the Aveyron and the Herault. Its culminating point is the Montgrand with 1267 meters.

Geology

It is an old solid mass Hercynien (- 360 million years with -300 million years) directed according to an axis.

Hydrology

The source many River is in the mounts of Lacaune:

Two artificial lakes were built in this solid mass:

See too

External bonds

  • Departmental committee of Tourism of the Tarn - Mounts of Lacaune
  • Official site of the town of Lacaune
  • Satellite photo IGN of Lacaune-the-Baths
  • Satellite photo IGN of the chain of the mounts of photographic Lacaune
  • Visit of the mounts of photographic Lacaune
  • Visit of Lacaune-the-Baths
  • the plate of the lakes
  • the lake of Laouzas
  • the lake of Raviège

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