| Pyrenees National Park protects environment and the mountain in Pyrenees.It spreads on Bearn valleys of Ossau and Aspe in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and on Bigorre valleys of Arrens, Cauterets, Luz-Gavarnie and Aure in " Hautes-Pyrénées ". Situated along the Spanish border, it contains, glaciers, lakes, torrents, waterfalls, high summits like Vignemale, Mont Perdu, Balaitous, Ossau. It has a common border with the National Park situated in Aragon on the Spanish side. In the national park, but also in the peripheral zone, is present a rich fauna : bear, isard, lammergaier, vulture, desman, eagle, trout, grouse. The flora includes a large proportion of endemic plants like, Ramondia, Lis, Valeriane and Iris of Pyrenees. Forest are constitued by beeches and firs and at the subalpin level, mountain pine.Park wardens assure the control and study of the natural environment but also educational activities and reception of public. In its visitors centers the national park proposes films, exhibitions, conferences, documentation. |
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