Posted and 01/06/2022 16:32
Update and 01/06/2022 17:48
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France 2
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France Televisions
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Lin the valley of Salagou in eastern Hérault and huge natural site in a volcanic atmosphere. Le site has a unique feature: a red rock in which the valley has been shaped over the centuries. Beyond tourists, the place attracts scientists around the world.
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It is an area of 9,000 hectares, where water and land meet, with singular reliefs, peninsulas, canyons and red soil, due to iron oxides. The lake of Salagou (Herault)with his air of New Mexico, attracts walkers and sportsmen in everything genre. “We are delighted, it is magnificent. We arrived since this morning, we enjoy ourselves. It’s caviar”, says a cyclist. “It reminds me of Marssays a young man. Scientists from all over the world also come here to study le unique geological heritage.
“On all the reliefs, there is a volcanic flow which has come to deposit this basalt”explains Shona Gravat-hodangeologist. In terms of biodiversity, there are tens of thousands of plant and animal species (girdled centipedes, grass snakes, spiders). Some lizards have arrived here he 20,000 years ago. Rated “grand site of France”, the valley of Salagou wishes to obtain the “Géoparc” Unesco World.
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