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The ecoregion extends from the lower slopes of the Pyrenees to its highest peaks, which include Aneto (3,404 m), Posets (3,375 m), and Vignemale (3,298 m). The Pyrenees forests are at the transition between the Mediterranean climate regions of Spain and France, which lie to the south and east, and the more humid and temperate forests of Western ...
Pages in category "Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Irati Forest; O. Ordesa y Monte Perdido ...
The silver fir is found on the cool, deep-soiled slopes of the flanks of the Pyrenees, from Navarre to Montseny, forming pure fir woods or, more often, mixed forests with beech trees. The most important areas are in Lleida (Lérida), with 170 square kilometres. It extends from 700 to 1700 meters elevation, but its main areas are localized in ...
In Greek mythology, Pyrene is a princess who gave her name to the Pyrenees. The Greek historian Herodotus says Pyrene is the name of a town in Celtic Europe. [5] According to Silius Italicus, [6] she was the virgin daughter of Bebryx, a king in Mediterranean Gaul by whom the hero Hercules was given hospitality during his quest to steal the cattle of Geryon [7] during his famous Labours.
Po Basin mixed forests: Italy, Switzerland PA0433 Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests [Note 1] Andorra, France, Spain PA0435 Rodope montane mixed forests [Note 3] Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia PA0436 Sarmatic mixed forests: Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Sweden PA0445 Western European broadleaf ...
Irati Forest. The Irati Forest (French: Forêt d'Iraty; French pronunciation: [fɔʁɛ diʁati]; Spanish: Selva de Irati；Basque: Iratiko oihana), found in the western Pyrenees, covers 17,300 ha (43,000 acres) of the Navarre region, astride on the Soule and Basse-Navarre (Mendive and Lecumberry) provinces (France) and Navarre (Spain), framed by Mount Okabe (1,466 m) and Pic d'Orhy (2,017 m).
Extent of temperate broadleaf and mixed forests An example of temperate broadleaf and mixed forest in La Mauricie National Park, Quebec.. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest is a temperate climate terrestrial habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature, with broadleaf tree ecoregions, and with conifer and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest ecoregions.
S. San Félix–San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests; Sandomierz Forest; Sarmatic mixed forests; Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests; Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests