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	Massif - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In geology, a massif is a section of the Earth's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures.
		One of the most notable European examples of a massif is the Massif Central of the Auvergne region of France.
		In mountaineering and climbing literature, a massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an individual mountain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Massif (185 words)

	AllRefer.com - Massif Central, France (French Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The chief water divide of France, it borders on the Paris basin in the north, the RhOne valley and basin in the east and south, and the Aquitanian basin in the west.
		The core of the Massif is the volcanic mass of the Auvergne Mts.
		The CEvennes limit the Massif Central on the southeast and the Causses form its southwest border.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MassifCe.html (314 words)

	Encyclopedia: Massif Central
		The Massif Central is visible as a large red mass in the mid-southern part of the country.
		The Massif Central is an elevated region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaus.
		Central Pyrenees The Pyrenees (French: PyrÃ©nÃ©es; Spanish: Pirineos; Occitan: PirenÃ¨us or PirenÃ¨as; Catalan Pirineus; Aragonese: PerinÃ©s; Basque: Pirinioak) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Massif-Central (1037 words)

	Madagascar Topography - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		The central highlands extend from the Tsaratanana Massif in the north to the Ivakoany Massif in the south.
		The central highlands include the Anjafy High Plateaux; the volcanic formations of Itasy (Lake Itasy itself is found in a volcanic crater) and the Ankaratra Massif, reaching a height of 2,666 meters; and the Ivakoany Massif in the south.
		The southwest is bordered on the east by the Ivakoany Massif and on the north by the Isala Roiniforme Massif.
	www.photius.com /countries/madagascar/geography/madagascar_geography_topography.html (1005 words)

	Massif Central : A Land of a Thousand Wonders... - Welcome to the official French Tourist Office website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Massif Central is doted with such vast and varied landscapes and traditions.
		The Massif Central is a highlands region which has been shaped by fire and water into different hills and dales.
		The Massif Central is a land full of flavour: charcuteries, cheeses, vineyards, quality beef (Aubrac, Limousin, Charolais, Salers, etc.), "foie gras", truffles, green lentils.
	uk.franceguide.com /magazine/article.asp?z1=mc0Q27TV&idc=6520 (558 words)

	Massif central - Wikipédia
		Le Massif central est un massif ancien qui occupe le centre de la France, sur une surface de 85 000 km².
		Constitué à l'ère primaire, le Massif central comprend l'essentiel des volcans français.
		Le Massif central est une région plutôt rurale et vieillissante, au sein de laquelle se trouvent quelques grandes villes industrielles, comme Clermont-Ferrand, Saint-Étienne et Limoges.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Massif_central (164 words)

	Massif Central -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Kotto River, a tributary of the Ubangi River, separates Tondou Massif from the higher Mongos (Bongo) chain to the north.
		The group includes the Leaota Massif and Piatra Craiului, both structurally part of the Bucegi Massif but separated from it by the Bran Pass and often considered to be part of the eastern Fagaras Mountains (q.v.).
		The landscape of Central Europe rises from the flatlands along the Baltic coast to the glacial peaks of the Alps.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9371493?tocId=9371493 (965 words)

	Massif Central -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Massif Central is an elevated region in south-central (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France, consisting of (A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill) mountains and (A relatively flat highland) plateaus.
		The following (The extended spatial location of something) régions are part of the Massif: (A region in central France) Auvergne, (A region of central France west of the Auvergne mountains) Limousin.
		Part of the following régions are in the Massif: (A region in south central France; named after the medieval dialect of French that was spoken there) Languedoc-Roussillon, (A region in southwestern FRance) Midi-Pyrénées, (A mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers) Rhône-Alpes.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/massif_central.htm (242 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Physical Features Situated between the Massif Central and the subalpine zone, the region is a transition between temperate mid-European of the north and the Mediterranean of the south.
		The main massif extends 24km west to east and 165km north to south, with the highest point at Mt Glandasse (2,041m), which is beyond the reserve boundary.
		The massif is adjoined by the Luberon chain of mountains in the south, which attains a maximum height of 1,125m.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/1874v.htm (2535 words)

	France Prominence - Introduction Page
		With the exception of the Massif Central in south central France and the Island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea, the mountainous regions of France can be found on or near the eastern and southern borders of the country.
		To the north and west of the Massif Central the land is mainly flat and low-lying, although the peninsula of Brittany jutting into the Atlantic Ocean presents a rugged granite coastline and an interior reaching an altitude in excess of 300m (1000 feet) in places.
		The massif was raised up again in the same period as the formation of the Pyrenees and the Alps (the Alpine orogeny) by a counter-movement that crushed the sedimentary rocks of the area up against the hard granitic blocks, causing faulting and rifting.
	www.peaklist.org /WWlists/france/franceintro.html (3365 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Massif Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Massif Central, large upland area, south central France, covering about one-sixth of the area of France.
		Loire (department), department in southeastern France, on the Massif Central.
		central angles in circles, measuring arcs in circles
	encarta.msn.com /Massif_Central.html (139 words)

	"SEMPERVIVOPHILIA" : Sempervivum in Sierra de Baza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This central massif is nearly uninhabited and is deprived of asphalted roads, but a good network of mining and forestry operation tracks permits it to be penetrated comfortably.
		The colour of the plants from the central massif of Sierra de Baza is pink-reddish a little paler and especially duller than that of the plants from Sierra Nevada which display an intense pink.
		Houseleeks are present locally at the oriental periphery of the massif, on schistose outcrops, at the surroundings of the spring of Arroyo Balax, toward 2000 m [José Ángel Rodríguez in litt.].
	sempervivophilia.free.fr /baza_gb.htm (3486 words)

	Massif Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thus one of George Sand's characters described the Haute-Loire, the central département of the Massif Central, and it's a description that could still be applied to some of the region.
		Many of France's greatest rivers rise in the Massif Central: the Dordogne in the Monts-Dore, the Loire on the slopes of the Gerbier de Jonc in the east, and in the Cévennes the Lot and the Tarn.
		It is these last two rivers which create the distinctive character of the southern parts of the Massif Central, dividing and defining the special landscapes of the causses, or limestone plateaux, with their stupendous gorges.
	france-for-visitors.com /massif-central (523 words)

	USGS P 1386-I -- Colombia - Ruiz-Tolima Volcanic Massif
		Figure 8A is a sketch map of the glaciers and snowfields of the Ruiz-Tolima massif drawn from a 1 February 1976 Landsat 2 MSS color-composite image (shown in fig.
		--Glaciers and snowfields of the Ruiz-Tolima volcanic massif.
		In 1983, the Central Hidroelectrica de Caldas (CHEC) (1983) published a study of geothermal activity in the Nevado del Ruiz volcanic massif.
	pubs.usgs.gov /prof/p1386i/colombia/ruiz.html (936 words)

	Massif Central. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The chief water divide of France, it borders on the Paris basin in the north, the Rhône valley and basin in the east and south, and the Aquitanian basin in the west.
		The Cévennes limit the Massif Central on the southeast and the Causses form its southwest border.
		All four chief rivers of France (the Seine, Loire, Rhône, and Garonne) receive tributaries from the Massif Central; the Loire, Dordogne, and Charente originate there.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MassifCe.html (241 words)

	Stephanie Touron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The French Massif Central area is characterised by an uplifted Hercynian metamorphic and granitic basement.
		The French Massif Central region is characterised by an uplifted Hercynian metamorphic and granitic basement.
		Mantle xenoliths from the French Massif Central have been widely studied showing they are mainly spinel-bearing peridotites and display a large range of microstructures and chemical compositions giving evidence for important heterogeneities in the mantle corroborated at a larger scale by tomographic studies (heterogeneities due to mantle processes during the Hercynian orogeny?).
	www.es.mq.edu.au /GEMOC/postgrads/Stephanie/StephanieT.htm (1019 words)

	The Massif Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Massif Central is the keystone of France, holding the country together by the sheer force of its grandeur.
		With its cratere lakes and hot springs, the Auvergne is the Massif Central's lush volcanic core, an outdoor paradise offering activities from hiking in summer to skiing in winter.
		The Limousin, on the north-western edge of the Massif Central, is gentler country with green pastures and blissfully empty roads.
	www.franceway.com /regions/massif-c/intro.htm (278 words)

	CPD: South America, Site SA29, Colombian Central Massif, Colombia
		The transect of La Plata Valley (Map 65) is between the crater of the volcano Puracé and the Serranía de las Minas, which is north of the Upper Magdalena River Valley - where the Central and Eastern cordilleras diverge northward from the Colombian Central Massif (Gran Macizo Colombiano).
		West of Puracé Volcano (4780 m) in the upper elevations of the massif is the Popayán formation of lavas, ashes, conglomerates, tufa and fluvial deposits.
		The Central Andean páramo Endemic Bird Area (EBA B60) and Subtropical inter-Andean Colombia EBA (B12) embrace the entire Central Andean cordillera from the páramo down to the subtropical (mid-Andean) forest.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa29.htm (2702 words)

	Bicycle Tour: Central France: Massif Central
		This clearly wasn't the France we were looking for, so we fled the next morning to get to the center of the Massif Central mountains.
		Alès is a quiet town at the southern edge of the Massif Central, France's central mountains.
		The Massif Central is not a mountain range with snow-capped peaks; it's very old and has only moderately high passes.
	www.bitrot.de /bike_centfrance.html (2033 words)

	CAF Instructor Killed in Massif Central Avalanche (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A rare avalanche at 1,647 meters in the Brèche de Rolland close to the Col de Cere in the Plomb du Cantal range of the Massif Central caught a group of a 9 trainee alpinists and their instructor.
		The slide occurred at 13h15, four of the group were buried, three of the group, all from Limoges, managed to free themselves, the fourth, an instructor aged 43 years was found by rescuers in a state of cardiac arrest.
		There are no official avalanche bulletins for the Massif Central region of France although backcountry travellers can contact the various piste services or Gendarmeries for information.
	www.pistehors.com /more/A148_0_1_0_M (326 words)

	Germany - Central German Uplands
		The Central German Uplands are Germany's portion of the Central European Uplands; they extend from the Massif Central in France to Poland and the Czech Republic.
		In the west, the Central German Uplands begin with the Rheinish Uplands, a massive rectangular block of slate and shale with a gently rolling plateau of about 400 meters in elevation and peaks of about 800 to 900 meters.
		One of the highest points in the Central German Uplands is at Brocken (1,142 meters) in the Harz Mountains.
	countrystudies.us /germany/76.htm (605 words)

	La biennale européenne de la filière automobile & de l'ingénierie du déplacement
		This industrial fabric is supported by highly specialised research and development centres, based on a strong representation of highly qualified personnel, research laboratories and regional technology transfer centres.
		It is also to show the dominating position that the Auvergne, and on a wider scale the Massif Central, have the intention to occupy in the European automotive scene.
		In order to strengthen the professional image of the Massif Central and the region, the CCI is also organising a show, to run concurrently, that will display skill centres, the know-how dedicated to the automotive sector, the schools, the training centres, research centres and the regional offer of the Massif Central.
	www.clermont-fd.cci.fr /satcar/uk/presse/presse6.htm (483 words)

	Walking in the Massif Central
		Here, at the very heart of the Massif Central, you’re in a land of sweeping landscapes, deep gorges and ravines - France's great rivers, the Loire, Dordogne and the Lot - have their source here.
		The Massif Central is an inclined plateau, highest at its eastern edge near Les Estables, where it falls away in deep ravines to the Rhône Valley a thousand metres below.
		The tall yellow gentian, and the martagon lily, are among the special flowers of the Massif Central, and the sénécon argenté, with its grey leaves and yellow flowers, is found only here and on Mt Canigou in the Pyrenees.
	www.headwater.com /all/france/mc.htm (222 words)

	Geology Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
		SHAW, A., DOWNES, H. The quartz-diorites of Limousin: elemental and isotopic evidence for Devono-Carboniferous subduction in the Hercynian belt of the French Massif Central.
		The petrology of the Velay Granite Complex, Massif Central, France.
		The distribution of fluids in amphibolite and granulite facies rocks from central Madagascar and southern West Greenland.
	www.gl.rhbnc.ac.uk /xrf/gra_xrf.html (431 words)

	Massif Central
		What's more, the Massif Central is not overrun with hordes of Brits (The Sunday Telegraph)
		The little man from the Massif Central brings his battle to Britain.(News) (The Independent (London, England))
		The Palitra pegmatite: a newly discovered hyperalkaline pegmatite in the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0832141.html (357 words)

	Read about Massif Central at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Massif Central and learn about Massif Central here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Subject to volcanism that has subsided in the last 10,000 years, these central mountains are separated from the Alps by the north-south trending
		The following départements are generally considered as part of the Massif: Allier, Ardèche, Aveyron, Cantal,
		The following régions are part of the Massif: Auvergne,
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Massif_Central (163 words)

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