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Les hauts         reliefs des Pralpes de Nice orients Nord-Sud et le         plan de Caussols d'une scheresse presque dsertique         (parfois dnomm Pralpes de Grasse) sont traverss         de valles trs profondes en raison de la proximit de         la mer comme celles de la Aoya, de la Bvra, de la         Vsubie, du Cians, du Var, du Loup. Ce dernier et ses         affluents ont entaill le plateau calcaire des         clbres clues de Haute-Provence. <br>         Toute cette rgion a vu sculairement sa population se         rfugier dans des villages perchs, vritables nids         d'aigle, et fortifis (Coaraze, Peille, Peillon, ze,         Gourdon, Saorge. St-Paut ... ) loin des cultures.         Semblable prudence n'tait pas superflue lors des         grandes invasions germaniques, des pirateries des         barbaresques et des mfaits des gens de guerre au Moyen         Age et  la Renaissance. <br>         Plus  l'Ouest se signalent le massif de l'Esterel, de         porphyre rouge, qui culmine  618 m au mont Vinaigre, le         massif schisteux des Maures qui appartient au plissement         hercynien et les courts chanons provenaux du mont         Faron qui dominent Toulon et sont d'origine pyrnenne.         <br>         Les cordons littoraux (tombolos) de la presqu'le de         Giens rattachant une ancienne le au continent, les iles         d'Hyres (Porquerolles, Port-Cros, ile du Levant)         dtaches du massif des Maures  une poque         gologiquement rcente et les les de Lrins ajoutent          la diversit et  l'agrment de ces paysages. <p>&nbsp;         </p>         </td>     </tr>     <tr>         <td valign="top" colspan="2"><p align="center">&nbsp; </p>         <p align="center">&nbsp; </p>         <h6 align="center">reception.com: <font size="1">tourisme,         culture et loisirs en France <br>         </font><img src="../alsace/../graphics/Linest.gif"         align="bottom" width="21" height="11"><img         src="../alsace/../graphics/Linemid.gif" align="bottom"         width="40" height="11"><img         src="../alsace/../graphics/Linemid.gif" align="bottom"         width="40" height="11"><img         src="../alsace/../graphics/Linemid.gif" align="bottom"         width="40" height="11"><img         src="../alsace/../graphics/Linemid.gif" align="bottom"         width="40" height="11"><img         src="../alsace/../graphics/Linemid.gif" align="bottom"         width="40" height="11"><img         src="../alsace/../graphics/Linemid.gif" align="bottom"         width="40" height="11"><img         src="../alsace/../graphics/Linemid.gif" align="bottom"         width="40" height="11"><img         src="../alsace/../graphics/Linemid.gif" align="bottom"         width="40" height="11"><img         src="../alsace/../graphics/Linemid.gif" align="bottom"         width="40" height="11"><img         src="../alsace/../graphics/Lineend.gif" align="bottom"         width="21" height="11"><br>         Copyright  <a href="http://www.softdom.com"><font         size="2"><em><strong>Software Domain</strong></em></font></a><font         size="2"><strong> 1994-1996</strong></font>. </h6>         </td>     </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html> 
