The Pyrenees Mountains: A Natural Barrier Between Spain And France

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The Pyrenees Mountains are in Midi-Pyrenees, a Region of France. They rise to 10,000 feet and stretch 430 km from the Mediterranean Sea in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. An important thing to tell about these mountains is that they form a natural barrier between Spain and France. The landscape along the mountain range is various: in the west you experience green, rolling, heavily wooded countryside and in the east vineyards and orchards dot the land. Despite the wild difference in landscape it still is a beautiful place filled with Glaciers, canyons, dense forests and gleaming waterfalls. This mountainous world is not only diverse in landscape but in food and culture. The People in this area usually live a simple life:

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