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Dauphiné Prealps

Index Dauphiné Prealps

The Dauphiné Prealps (Préalpes du Dauphiné in French) are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. [1]

45 relations: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpine orogeny, Alps, Éditions Larousse, Buëch, Clelles, Col Bayard, Col de la Croix Haute, Col de Macuègne, Col du Noyer, Dauphiné, Dauphiné Alps, Dévoluy Mountains, Departments of France, Drac (river), Drôme, Drôme (river), Durance, France, French language, French Prealps, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Grand Veymont, Grande Tête de l'Obiou, Grenoble, Hautes-Alpes, Institut géographique national, Isère, Isère (river), Le Noyer, Hautes-Alpes, Lus-la-Croix-Haute, Mountain pass, Pic de Bure, Provence Alps and Prealps, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Regions of France, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, Savoy Prealps, Sedimentary rock, SOIUSA, SOIUSA code, Vercors Massif, Western Alps.

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (Occitan: Aups d'Auta Provença) is a French department in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence.

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Alpine orogeny

The Alpine orogeny or Alpide orogeny is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic (Eoalpine) and the current Cenozoic that has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt.

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Alps

The Alps (Alpes; Alpen; Alpi; Alps; Alpe) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe,The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia.

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Éditions Larousse

Éditions Larousse is a French publishing house specialising in reference works such as dictionaries.

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Buëch

The Buëch is a river in southeastern France, a right tributary of the Durance.

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Clelles

Clelles is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

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Col Bayard

Col Bayard (1,246 m) is a mountain pass through the Dauphiné Alps in the department of Hautes-Alpes in France.

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Col de la Croix Haute

Col de la Croix-Haute (el. 1179 m.) is a high mountain pass in the French Dauphiné Alps on the border of the Isère and Drôme departments, linking the towns of Clelles and Mens in the North with Lus-la-Croix-Haute in the South.

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Col de Macuègne

The Col de Macuègne is a mountain pass located in the Dauphiné Prealps, on the northern slopes of Mont Ventoux between Montbrun-les-Bains and Séderon in the Drôme department of France.

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Col du Noyer

Col du Noyer (el. 1664 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Hautes-Alpes in France.

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Dauphiné

The Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois, formerly Dauphiny in English, is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes.

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Dauphiné Alps

The Dauphiné Alps (Alpes du Dauphiné) are a group of mountain ranges in southeastern France, west of the main chain of the Alps.

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Dévoluy Mountains

The Devoloy Mountains is a limestone massif located in Hautes-Alpes, France.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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Drac (river)

The Drac is a long river in southeastern France.

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Drôme

Drôme (Droma in Occitan, Drôma in Arpitan) is a department in southeastern France named after the Drôme River.

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Drôme (river)

The Drôme (Droma), a river in southeastern France, has a length of 111 km and a watershed of 1,663 km² and is a left tributary of the Rhône.

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Durance

The Durance (Durença in Occitan or Durènço in Mistralian) is a major river in south-eastern France.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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French Prealps

The French Prealps (Préalpes) are a group of subalpine mountain ranges of medium elevation located immediately west of the French Alps.

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Gap, Hautes-Alpes

Gap is a commune in southeastern France, the capital and largest town of the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Grand Veymont

The Grand Veymont (Le Grand Veymont), a mountain in the district of Gresse-en-Vercors, part of the department of Isère, France, is the highest point (2341 metres) of the Massif du Vercors, but not the highest of the Vercors Regional Natural Park (which is the Rocher Rond at 2453m).

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Grande Tête de l'Obiou

The Grande Tête de l'Obiou (or simply l'Obiou) is a mountain in the French Prealps belonging to the French department of Isère.

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Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère.

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Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes (Auts Aups) is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range.

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Institut géographique national

The Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information), previously Institut géographique national (National Geographic Institute) or IGN is a French public state administrative establishment founded in 1940 to produce and maintain geographical information for France and its overseas departments and territories.

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Isère

Isère (Arpitan: Isera, Occitan: Isèra) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France named after the river Isère.

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Isère (river)

The Isère is a river in the Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.

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Le Noyer, Hautes-Alpes

Le Noyer is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

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Lus-la-Croix-Haute

Lus-la-Croix-Haute is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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Pic de Bure

Pic de Bure is a prominent mountain of the Dauphiné Alps in France, culminating at a height of, the third highest peak of the Dévoluy Mountains.

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Provence Alps and Prealps

The Provence Alps and Prealps (Alpes et Préalpes de Provence in French) are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps, located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (France).

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur; Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra; PACA) is one of the 18 administrative regions of France.

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Regions of France

France is divided into 18 administrative regions (région), including 13 metropolitan regions and 5 overseas regions.

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Rhône

The Rhône (Le Rhône; Rhone; Walliser German: Rotten; Rodano; Rôno; Ròse) is one of the major rivers of Europe and has twice the average discharge of the Loire (which is the longest French river), rising in the Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps at the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais, passing through Lake Geneva and running through southeastern France.

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Rhône-Alpes

Rhône-Alpes (Arpitan: Rôno-Arpes; Ròse-Aups; Rodano-Alpi) is a former administrative region of France.

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Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy

Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

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Savoy Prealps

The Savoy Prealps (Préalpes de Savoie in French) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps.

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Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water.

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SOIUSA

Alps by SOIUSA. SOIUSA (an acronym for Suddivisione Orografica Internazionale Unificata del Sistema Alpino - English: International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA) is a proposal for a new classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view.

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SOIUSA code

SOIUSA code is the code used in the International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps (ISMSA or SOIUSA), a proposal by Italian Alpinist, Sergio Marazzi, to re-categorize the mountains and mountain ranges of the Alps.

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Vercors Massif

The Vercors Massif is a range in France consisting of rugged plateaux and mountains straddling the départements of Isère and Drôme in the French Prealps.

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Western Alps

The Western Alps are the western part of the Alpine range including the southeastern part of France (i.e. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy and the southwestern part of Switzerland (i.e. Valais).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauphiné_Prealps

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