France physical factors
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- France- Physical Factors
- Lowland basins
- Mostly in Northern France, along with the Paris Basin and the Aquitaine basin, Garonne and Loire valleys
- Most fertile areas
- Best agricultural soils
- Climate = mild winters and warm summers
- Farming = modern and intensive
- These regions have a moderate pop. density at 51-150 people per km2
- The Central Massif and Armorican Massif
- Poor fertile soil, so little use for agriculture
- Pastoral (cows) farming is common
- Climate= cool summers, cold winters and often wet
- remote areas, away from centres or economic activity
- associated with out-migration of the young and economically active
- Pop density = low at 100 people per km2
- Most remote part of Massif Central is Limousin
- lowest pop. density at 44 people per km2
- The high Alpine Mountains and the Pyrenees
- Mountains over 3000m high
- Climate= cool summers, cold winters and wet
- unsuitable for agriculture
- pop. density is very low
- Lowland basins
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