Aquitaine Geography

• Aquitaine is France’s largest region.
• Aquitaine is composed of 5 departments: the Gironde, the Landes and the Pyrenees Atlantiques which are situated along the coasts and also the Lot et Garonne and the Dordogne located inland.
• Adjoining the Spain via the Atlantique Ocean and the Pyrénées Mountains, Aquitaine is a such multifaced region that all its natural assets account for its wealth, its features and its reputation.
• Aquitaine is really appreciated by visitors for its magnificent forests, parks,lakes and the most famous for its seaside resorts, like Biarritz, Lacanau, Mimizan or Archachon which combine waves for surf-lovers and stretched out sandy beaches for the others.

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		Aquitaine Geography and Key Data
Surface Area		Aquitaine consists of 41,308 km² equivalent to 7.6 % of France's total surface area.
Departments		Aquitaine consists of 5 departments:Gironde(33), Lot et Garonne(47),Pyrénées Altantiques(64),Dordogne(24), Landes.(40) Dordogne is divided into colour areas: Black Perigord for oak woods, Green Perigord for pastureland, White Perigord for rock and Purple Perigord for vineyards.
Communes		Aquitaine is composed by more than 2290 communes.
		Coast and Water in Aquitaine
Ocean		Aquitaine is bordered along its west cost by Atlantic Ocean.
Beaches		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 of Aquitaine beaches Shortbreak and offshore:Hossegor Quick upturn of ocean bottom: Capbreton. Many natural harbours are also present in the Basque Country.
Popular coastal resorts		For family: protected bathing and fine sand in Hourtin, Vieux Boucau,Seignosse or Carcans. For surfers : perfect waves in Lacanau, Biarritz, Anglet,Hossegor-Capbreton or Mimizan.
Rivers		Garonne and Dordogne forming the Gironde estuary.
Freshwater ponds and lakes		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.
		Mountains range in Aquitaine
Mountains		Aquitaine is bordered to the south by Pyrénées Mountains.
Ski Resorts		Aquitaine has ski slopes in La Pierre St Martin, Artouste, Iraty Issarbe, Gourette(altitude: mini 1200, maxi 2200m.
		Forests and Natural Parks in Aquitaine
Forests		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)
Protected areas		National Park of The Pyrenees, Regional Nature Parks of the Landes and Périgord-Limousin are components of national Green Tourism in Aquitaine.
Fauna and Flora		Wildlife:horses, ewe, deer, wild boar, eagle,vulture, fowl, lynx and also. Sealife: oyster,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,sweet corn.
		Areas of interest in Aquitaine
Côte d'Argent		One of the most popular french coasts.
Bassin d'Arcachon		A large lagoon famous where oyster are farmed.
Dune du Pilat		The largest sand dune in Europe.

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