Landes forest

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Landes forest is a vast man-made pine forest in southwestern France, known as the largest contiguous forest in Western Europe and a major center of timber production and outdoor recreation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Landes forest canonical 2
Landes forest (northern part) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf forest
geographical region
man-made forest
pine forest
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Bay of Biscay
continent Europe
country France
developedFor economic development
land reclamation
hasClimate Atlantic climate
hasEconomicActivity forestry
tourism
wood processing
hasMainTreeSpecies Pinus pinaster
maritime pine
hasManagementPractice firebreaks
intensive plantation forestry
hasNearbyCity Bordeaux
Dax
Mont-de-Marsan
hasOrigin 19th-century afforestation
drainage of marshlands
hasRisk forest fires
hasSoilType podzol
sandy soil
hasVegetationType coniferous forest
heathland patches
knownFor largest contiguous forest in Western Europe
outdoor recreation
resin production
timber production
languageUsed French
locatedIn Gironde department
Landes department
Lot-et-Garonne department
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Western Europe
southwestern France
partOf Aquitaine Basin
Les Landes
usedFor cycling
hiking
horse riding
hunting
nature tourism
paper industry
sawmilling
silviculture

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nouvelle-Aquitaine contains Landes forest
Gironde department contains Landes forest
this entity surface form: Landes forest (northern part)
Arcachon hasNearbyNaturalFeature Landes forest