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Knickpoint of the Têt

Knickpoint of the Têt

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Knickpoint of the Têt

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Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées catalanes

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Location: Planès, Prades, Occitania, France

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Orian

June 10, 2024

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Going up the village to the antennas allows you to have a breathtaking view of the upper Têt valley. The eastern end of the Perche plateau, which carries Mont-Louis, La Cabanasse, Saint-Pierre and Planès, is dissected by the Têt and its tributaries. The landscape changes radically in a few hundred meters, the valley steepening by 500m. This topographic break point in the profile of a watercourse is called a *knick point*. It marks the place where regressive erosion has reached today following the global uplift that the region has been undergoing for around 10 Ma.

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Orian

June 10, 2024

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The path leaving the village offers a last view of the Cerdan landscape and the Perche plateau before heading towards the mountainous landscapes of the Orri valley. This final glance …

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