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    The Massif Central (French pronunciation: [masif sɑ̃tʁal]) is a highland region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaus. It covers...
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  • containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central). In mountaineering literature, a massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an...
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  • The Massif Central is one of the two large basement massifs in France, the other being the Armorican Massif. The Massif Central's geological evolution...
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  • the Mounts of Cantal and in the department of the same name, in the Massif Central. It was used in the 2011 Tour de France during Stage 9. It was classified...
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    The flora of the Massif Central is rich and diverse. This diversity can be explained by the Massif's large surface area, its position at the intersection...
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    as the Bohemian Massif and Massif Central in Europe. A number of mountain building periods were involved in the formation of the Central Pangean Mountains...
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    Armorican Massif, the Massif Central, the Aquitaine Basin, the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Côte languedocienne, the Sillon rhodanien, the Massif des Vosges...
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    The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,360.3 km (2,088 mi)-long race consisted of 21...
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    France's mountainous regions; the Vosges, the Jura, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central and the Alps. There were summit finishes on stage twelve to Peyragudes...
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    Puy Mary (category Mountains of the Massif Central)
    The Puy Mary is a summit in the mounts of Cantal in Massif Central in France. It is classified as a "Grand National Site" in France. Nearly 500,000 visitors...
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    Vinson Massif (/ˈvɪnsən mæˈsiːf/) is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is 21 km (13 mi) long and 13 km (8 mi) wide and lies within the Sentinel...
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    Michelin (category Massif Central)
    Michelin (/ˈmɪʃəlɪn, -læ̃/, French: [miʃlɛ̃]), in full Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA ("General Company of the Michelin Enterprises...
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    Mounts of Cantal (category Subranges of the Massif Central)
    French: Monts du Cantal [mɔ̃ dy kɑ̃tal]) are a mountainous massif in the mid-west of the Massif Central, France, made up of the remnants of the largest stratovolcano...
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    Le Lioran (category Skiing in the Massif Central)
    remaining resorts in central France, it has grown to become one of the biggest and most advanced resorts in the Massif Central. There is a wide range...
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    country from Le Mans to the Super Besse resort in the elevated region Massif Central, which hosted stage nine. The following two stages headed south through...
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    north-south oriented chain of cinder cones, lava domes, and maars in the Massif Central of France. The chain is about 40 km (25 mi) long, and the identified...
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    Monte Rosa (redirect from Monte Rosa massif)
    ʁoz]; Walser: de Gletscher or de Gorner; German: Monte Rosa) is a mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps, on the border between Italy (Piedmont...
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    by the Armorican Massif to the west, the Ardennes-Brabant axis to the north, the Massif des Vosges to the east, and the Massif Central to the south.: 252 ...
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    as well as in the United States. In the early 1980s farmers in the Massif Central and Lozère were experiencing problems with stray dogs attacking their...
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  • Midi-Pyrénées 10 Sud-Est Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes 13 Massif-Central – Centre Auvergne, Centre, Limousin 6 Île-de-France Île-de-France 14...
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    Morvan (redirect from Morvan massif)
    590) is a mountainous massif lying just to the west of the Côte d'Or escarpment in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France. It is a northerly...
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    assignment is made. The Central European flora region stretches from Central France (the Massif Central) to the Northern Balkans, Central Romania (Carpathians)...
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    Pas de Peyrol (category Mountain passes of the Massif Central)
    pass located in Auvergne, France, and is the highest road pass in the Massif Central. The pass is on the slopes of Puy Mary (1,787 m) and is situated at...
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  • Col de Néronne (category Mountain passes of the Massif Central)
    The Col de Néronne is a mountain pass located in the Massif Central in France. At an altitude of 1,241 meters, it is situated in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...
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    Alps for stages 11 through 13. From there, the Tour passed through the Massif Central en route to the Pyrenees for three high-mountain stages. After leaving...
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  • glacial mass in Europe "CIA World Factbook – Russia, Geography". US CIA. US Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 22 February 2016. "Mount Olympus | mountain...
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    Maiella (redirect from Majella massif)
    The Maiella (or Majella) is a massif in the Central Apennines, in Abruzzo, central Italy. The mountain is located at the boundary between the provinces...
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    Occitania (administrative region) (category Massif Central)
    Occitania (/ˌɒksɪˈtæniə/ OK-si-TAN-ee-ə)[citation needed] is the southernmost administrative region of metropolitan France excluding Corsica, created on...
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    Plomb du Cantal (category Mountains of the Massif Central)
    highest summit of Mounts of Cantal in the Massif Central, France. It is the second highest summit of the Massif Central, after the mountain of Puy de Sancy...
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    For elections in the European Union, Massif central–Centre is a European Parliament constituency in France. It consists of the region of Centre-Val de...
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