Geography of the Puy-de-Dôme
Country of mountains cut in the rock, the Puy-De-Dôme can be divided into three natural areas. Of west in is, one finds the chain of Puys including/understanding the puy Dome (1 464 m), that of the Monts Gilds which has the culminating point of the department and the area with the Puy de Sancy (1 886 m) and the volcanic cupola of the Cézallier. The center of the department, the Limagne, constitutes a ditch Tectonique where alternate, of west in is, slopes limestones and volcanic with the marly plain then sandy. It is the richest area of the country. Lastly, in the east one finds the Livradois, the individualized granitic solid masses of the mounts of Drill (1 634 m) and those of the Chaîne of Wood Blacks (1 287 m). The hydrographic system of the department is tributary of the the Loire by the Allier and its affluents and of the the Garonne by the the Dordogne which takes its source in the department. The climate is moderate in plain, very rigorous in mountain with precipitations which vary according to altitude (of 500 with more than 900 mm per annum).
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