THE NATIONAL THE NATIONAL PARK OF PARK OF

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Aymeric – 4ème B – Feb.13th,2010

This park is located in the south of This park is located in the south of massif centralmassif central , , Florac is the main city.Florac is the main city.

.The national park

About the parkAbout the park

There are 74 000 people living in the park, in 152 villages and 800 000 visitors each year.

This national park was created in 1970.

It is over 93000 hectares wide.

The castle of Florac

Rules in a national park

No cars

No fire

No noise

No dogs

No picking

No rubbish

AnimalsAnimals

Hunting is under strict control but not prohibited. There are more than 2400 kinds of animals in the park.

Wild boarmoufflon

deer

InvertebratesInvertebrates

There are more than 2000 inventoried invertebrate animals in the park.

crayfish

« apollon » butterfly

195 various sorts of birds195 various sorts of birds

There are 180 couples of vultures « vautours fauves »

« pipit rousseline »

Royal eagle

Tawny owls

VegetalsVegetals There are 11000

different vegetals including 2300 species of flowers.

gentian

The forest covers more than 1500 km2

LandscapesLandscapes

snow

Finiels’picFiniels’pic

Mont Lozère

« Mont Lozère » (1699m) is the highest one in the park.

Sources: wikipédia, site des parcs nationaux français (informations)

Images sur google (photos)