Massif Central

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highland region mountain range stratovolcano remnant volcanic field

The Massif Central is a vast highland region in south-central France characterized by ancient volcanic mountains, plateaus, and deep river valleys.

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Observed surface forms (21)

Surface form Occurrences
Massif Central foothills 5
Auvergne 2
Chaîne des Puys 0

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf highland region ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
stratovolcano remnant ⓘ
volcanic field ⓘ
administrativelySpans Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Franche-Comté ⓘ
surface form: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
Occitanie ⓘ
approximateArea 85000 km² ⓘ
climate continental climate influences ⓘ
mountain climate ⓘ
contains Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aubrac

Cantal Mountains ⓘ
Puy-de-Dôme ⓘ
surface form: Chaîne des Puys

Cévennes ⓘ
Grands Causses ⓘ
Margeride ⓘ
Monts Dore ⓘ
Cantal Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Monts du Cantal

Plateau de Millevaches ⓘ
Velay ⓘ
Vivarais ⓘ
country France ⓘ
crossedBy Allier River ⓘ
Dordogne River ⓘ
Loire ⓘ
surface form: Loire River

Lot River ⓘ
Tarn River ⓘ
Truyère River ⓘ
dominantRockType basalt ⓘ
gneiss ⓘ
granite ⓘ
elevation 1886 m ⓘ
geologicalAge Paleozoic ⓘ
geologicalOrigin ancient volcanic region ⓘ
hasFeature deep river valleys ⓘ
plateaus ⓘ
volcanic mountains ⓘ
highestPoint Puy de Sancy ⓘ
knownFor rural landscapes ⓘ
sparsely populated areas ⓘ
thermal spas ⓘ
volcanic lakes ⓘ
locatedIn Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
south-central France ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
majorCityNearby Clermont-Ferrand ⓘ
Le Puy-en-Velay ⓘ
Saint-Étienne ⓘ
majorEconomicActivities dairy production ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
livestock farming ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
partOf Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Massif

French Massif system ⓘ
Metropolitan France ⓘ
separates Aquitaine Basin ⓘ
Paris Basin ⓘ
Rhône Valley ⓘ

Referenced by (78)

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

Puy de Sancy → mountainRange → Massif Central ⓘ
Monts Dore → mountainSystem → Massif Central ⓘ
Cantal → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
Creuse → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
Cévennes → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
Grands Causses → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
Haute-Loire → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
Le Puy-en-Velay → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
Lozère → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
Margeride → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
Massif Central → partOf → Massif Central self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Massif
Plateau de Millevaches → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Massif Central highlands
Puy-de-Dôme department → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
subject surface form: Puy-de-Dôme (department)
Velay → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
Vivarais → partOf → Massif Central ⓘ
Allier department → partOfFormerRegion → Massif Central ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auvergne
Garabit Viaduct → passesThrough → Massif Central ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massif Central region
Allier River → region → Massif Central ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auvergne
Grotte de Dargilan → region → Massif Central ⓘ
Haute-Loire → riverValley → Massif Central ⓘ
this entity surface form: upper Loire River valley
Yonne → sourceLocatedIn → Massif Central ⓘ
Allier → sourceLocation → Massif Central ⓘ
Allier River → sourceLocation → Massif Central ⓘ
Ardèche River → sourceLocation → Massif Central ⓘ
Dordogne → sourceLocation → Massif Central ⓘ
Dordogne River → sourceLocation → Massif Central ⓘ
Loire → sourceLocation → Massif Central ⓘ
Tarn River → sourceLocation → Massif Central ⓘ