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April 27, 2009
Liausson 340137 34800
Hérault Languedoc-Roussillon
43.636 3.369 210 m

Bank of Salagou lake.

One sight. March 27, 2009.
Other sight. April 23, 2009

The lake of Salagou located at 50 kilometers in the west of Montpelier results of the construction from 1964 to 1969 of one dam on the Salagou brook. It constitutes a site tourist trés attended in estival period.
It fits in a decoration of reliefs characterized by an intense erosion and a red color: The RUFFES. Ruffes, called pelites by the geologists are sedimentary rocks very friable whose origin goes up at the end of the primary ére of 280 to 225 million years. Their red color is due to presence of iron oxide.
Very poor vegetable cover, is reduce with some trees and shrubs. Builders of passed much used the ruffes in the construction the capitelles ones, kind of stone huts, low and arched, which were used as shelters to the shepherds and vine growers, and whom one still meets in the landscape.

Liausson is a French commune, located in the department of the Herault of the Languedoc-Roussillon area, populated of 110 Liaussonais, distributed on 8 km², that is to say 14 hab./km².

My images of Liausson.

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