runs through the Pyrenees, the political border between France and Spain. The tiny principality of Andorra lies in the eastern Pyrenees. Such as the Alps and the Pyrenees is a culturally unifying feature between the three littoral states, as evidenced for example by using the same languages (Catalan, Gascon, Basque).
emerged as the Alps, the Pyrenees about 50 to 100 million years ago during the Tertiary. The Western Pyrenees consist mainly of limestone, while different in the central Pyrenees Granite dominate. The folding mountain was covered, especially during the last glacial period with a closed ice cover. Through the Ice Age several hanging valleys and thousands of glacial lakes have formed.
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