Bosque Fanlo-Sarvisé (Huesca, Pirineo Aragonés)

The Ordesa Valley is a glacial valley in

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, in the

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Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...

which forms part of the

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park The Ordesa Valley is a glacial valley in Aragon, in the Spanish Pyrenees which forms part of the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. It was first discovered in 1820, but not mapped in detail until approximately the 1920s. The valley is about ...

. It was first discovered in 1820, but not mapped in detail until approximately the 1920s. The valley is about long. The valley's east–west orientation, unusual in the Pyrenees, opens it to influence from the

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and gives it a moderate climate. It has one of Europe's largest populations of the Pyrenean Chamois and is well known for its waterfalls and wildlife.

Monte Perdido Monte Perdido (in Spanish; Mont Perdu in French; Mont Perdito in Aragonese;all four meaning ''lost mountain'') is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees. The summit of Monte Perdido (3355 m), located in Spain, lies hidden from France by ...

(3,355 m) is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees and together with

Cilindro de Marboré Cilindro de Marboré (3,328 m) (also known as Pico Cilindro and Pic du Cylindre) is a mountain in the Monte Perdido massif in the Pyrenees. It is one of the three mountains comprising ''Las Tres Sorores'' (the three sisters), the others being Mo ...

(3,328 m) and

Soum de Ramond Soum de Ramond, also known as Pico de Añisclo in Spanish and Aragonese, is a mountain of 3,263 metres in the Monte Perdido massif in the Aragonese Pyrenees in northern Spain. It is one of the three mountains comprising ''Las Tres Sorores'', t ...

(3,263 m) can be seen at the north-east end of the valley. The name ''Monte Perdido'' (lost mountain) was given because the peak could not be seen from the French side of the range.

References

External links

Website of Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

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