Surface Area
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Aquitaine consists of 41,308 km² equivalent to 7.6 % of France's total surface area.
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Departments
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Aquitaine consists of 5 departments: Gironde, Lot et Garonne, Pyrénées Altantiques, Dordogne, Landes.
Dordogne is divided into "colour" areas: Black Perigord refers to the part of the region famous for its oak woods, Green Perigord for pastureland, White Perigord for rock and Purple Perigord for vineyards.
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Communes
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Aquitaine is composed by more than 2,290 communes.
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Ocean
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Aquitaine is bordered along its west coast by Atlantic Ocean.
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Beaches
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Aquitaine includes different beaches types over 270 kilometres from the Pointe de Grave to the Adour with good and average quality water.
Flat depths: Hendaye.
Ears (built by humans): Anglet.
Sandbar (Baïnes): Seignosse, Mimizan and most Aquitaine beaches.
Shortbreak and offshore: Hossegor.
Quick upturn of ocean bottom: Capbreton.
Many natural harbours are also present in the Basque Country.
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Popular coastal resorts
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For family trips: protected bathing and fine sand in Hourtin, Vieux Boucau, Seignosse or Carcans.
For surfers: perfect waves in Lacanau, Biarritz, Anglet, Hossegor-Capbreton or Mimizan.
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Rivers
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Garonne and Dordogne forming the Gironde estuary.
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Freshwater ponds and lakes
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The France’s biggest lake is Carcans-Hourtin-Maubuisson. There are also Lacanau Lake, Etang de Cousseau, Etang de Hardy, Marais d’Orx, Cazaux-Sanguinet Lake, Biscarrosse Lake, and natural reserves in Soustons Lake.
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Mountains
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Aquitaine is bordered to the south by Pyrénées Mountains.
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Ski Resorts
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Aquitaine has ski slopes in La Pierre St Martin, Artouste, Iraty Issarbe, Gourette (altitude: mini 1200, maxi 2200m).
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Forests
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There are one million hectares of forest planted in the 19th century. Les Landes (the largest pine forest in France), Green Périgord (Dordogne), Iraty & Les Arbailles (Basque Country)
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Protected areas
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National Park of The Pyrenees, Regional Nature Parks of the Landes and Périgord-Limousin are components of national Green Tourism schemes in Aquitaine.
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Fauna and Flora
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Wildlife: horses, ewe, deer, wild boar, eagle,vulture, fowl, lynx and also.
Sealife: oysters, turbot, sole, skate and dogfish, tuna.
Different kind of forests: pine, beech, oak, chesnut and fir trees.
Hills covered by: tree fern, moor, broom, vineyards, sweetcorn.
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Côte d'Argent
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One of the most popular french coasts.
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Bassin d'Arcachon
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A large famous lagoon where oysters are farmed.
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Dune du Pilat
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The largest sand dune in Europe.
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