Nature animals alps ibex. In the wilds of the canadian rocky mountains a mother moose tends to her newborn calf. Present day slovenia has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Learn all about france with facts about french history people politics culture and geography including a map of france. Spring is in full swing but this far north winter is never far away and with hungry bears and wolves for neighbours many challenges lie ahead.
Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. There is evidence of human habitation from around 250000 years ago. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. In the 1920s and 1930s artifacts belonging to the cro magnon.
Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanismthese forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines catalogs newspapers books and more online. Facts about france for kids. From france through austria and down through the balkans these mountains are bursting with at least 30000 animal species including 80 types of mammals and 200 species of birds according to mava nature foundation.
National geographic has revealed the winners of its annual travel photo contest and the photos are stunning. A mountain is a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A typical european bison is about 21 to 35 m 69 to 115 ft long not counting a tail of 30 to 80 cm 12 to 31 in and 16 to 21 m 52 to 69 ft tall. With snowcapped alps and a red rock valley frances mercantour national park is a biodiversity hot spot.
In the free ranging population of the bialowieza forest of belarus and poland. The alps stretch nearly 700 miles through europe from monaco to albania bordering both the mediterranean and adriatic seas. A pierced cave bear bone dating from 43100 700 bp found in 1995 in divje babe cave near cerkno is considered a kind of flute and possibly the oldest musical instrument discovered in the world. The european bison is the heaviest surviving wild land animal in europe.