Vallée de Gavarnie

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glacial valley tourist attraction valley

Vallée de Gavarnie is a renowned glacial valley in the French Pyrenees, famous for its dramatic cirque, towering cliffs, and spectacular waterfalls.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Cirque de Gavarnie 3
Gavarnie 2
Gavarnie Cirque 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial valley ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
valley ⓘ
adjacentTo Spanish border ⓘ
climate mountain climate ⓘ
country France ⓘ
drainageBasin Gave de Pau ⓘ
ecosystemType alpine environment ⓘ
geologicalOrigin glacial erosion ⓘ
hasPart Vallée de Gavarnie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cirque de Gavarnie

Vallée de Gavarnie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gavarnie Falls

Gave de Gavarnie river ⓘ
hasTouristInfrastructure marked trails ⓘ
viewpoints ⓘ
hasViewOf Pyrenean peaks ⓘ
knownFor dramatic cirque ⓘ
glacial landforms ⓘ
spectacular waterfalls ⓘ
towering cliffs ⓘ
landformType U-shaped valley ⓘ
languageRegion French-speaking area ⓘ
locatedIn Pyrenees ⓘ
surface form: French Pyrenees

Hautes-Pyrénées ⓘ
surface form: Hautes-Pyrénées department

Occitanie ⓘ
surface form: Occitanie region
locatedInProtectedArea Pyrenees National Park ⓘ
surface form: Parc national des Pyrénées
mountainRange Pyrenees ⓘ
surface form: Central Pyrenees
near Vallée de Gavarnie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: village of Gavarnie
notableFeature cirque amphitheatre ⓘ
high waterfall drop ⓘ
steep rock walls ⓘ
partOf Pyrenees–Mont Perdu World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Gavarnie–Gèdre area

Pyrenees ⓘ
surface form: Pyrenees mountain range

Pyrenees–Mont Perdu World Heritage Site ⓘ
popularFor hiking ⓘ
mountain tourism ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
region southwestern France ⓘ
subjectOf landscape photography ⓘ
mountaineering literature ⓘ
tourismSeason summer ⓘ
winter ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria natural criteria (vii) and (viii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 1997 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Hautes-Pyrénées → contains → Vallée de Gavarnie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cirque de Gavarnie
Hautes-Pyrénées → contains → Vallée de Gavarnie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gavarnie
Pyrenees National Park → contains → Vallée de Gavarnie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gavarnie Cirque
Pyrenees → containsCirque → Vallée de Gavarnie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cirque de Gavarnie
Pyrenees → containsValley → Vallée de Gavarnie ⓘ
Vallée de Gavarnie → hasPart → Vallée de Gavarnie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cirque de Gavarnie
Vallée de Gavarnie → hasPart → Vallée de Gavarnie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gavarnie Falls
Vallée de Gavarnie → near → Vallée de Gavarnie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: village of Gavarnie
Vignemale → near → Vallée de Gavarnie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gavarnie
Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne → notableSection → Vallée de Gavarnie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gavarnie area