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The following is a sortable table of the 37 peaks of continental France with a topographical prominence of at least 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).. This table includes all Ultras with prominence of at least 1,500 m (4,900 ft) within continental France.
Pic de Finestrelles is a mountain located in the Oriental Pyrenees, on the border of France and Spain.It has an altitude of 2,826 metres (9,272 ft) above sea level. [1]This peak is notable for being the mountain from which the world record for the most distant photographed landscape on Earth was taken.
All the French parts of the Mont Blanc massif, plus the neighbouring Aiguille Rouges range, have been listed as a Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF). This does not give regulatory protection, but is a recognition of the outstanding biodiversity of the area, and of its landscape, geomorphological ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
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This is a list of mountain passes and hills in the Tour de France.Among the passes most often crossed, Col du Tourmalet, Col d'Aubisque, Col d'Aspin, Col de Peyresourde and Col du Galibier predominate, while the highest peak ever reached is Cime de la Bonette-Restefond (2,802 m (9,193 ft)), used in the 1962, 1964, 1993 and 2008 Tour de France.
Since English is of Germanic origin, words that have entered English from French borrowings of Germanic words might not look especially French. Latin accounts for about 60% of English vocabulary either directly or via a Romance language. As both English and French have taken many words from Latin, determining whether a given Latin word came ...
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