Le glacier du Col de la Cascade est un ancien glacier suspendu, dans les Pyrénées. Il était situé dans le massif du Mont-Perdu au cœur du cirque de Gavarnie, sur le versant nord de la frontière franco-espagnole, dans le département français des Hautes-Pyrénées en Occitanie.
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The Cascade Peaks are three summits in the Monte Perdido Range of the Pyrenees, culminating at 3,161 m on the eastern peak. The central peak, known as Brulle, and the western peak are 3,106 m and 3,095 m high, respectively. The peaks are located on the 3,000 m French-Spanish borderline crest.
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The Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site is a World Heritage Site straddling the border between Spain and France in the Pyrenees mountain chain. The summit of Monte Perdido is on the Spanish side of the border. The site was designated in 1997 and extended north in 1999 to include the Commune of Gèdre in France.
The site includes two bordering national parks: the entire Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park in Spain and the eastern part of Pyrénées Occidentales National Park in France.
The World Heritage Site comprises a total area of 30,639 hectares.
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Épaule du Marboré is a pyrenean summit, culminating at 3,073 m in the Monte Perdido Range, marking the Franco-Spanish border. It lies on the Greenwich meridien.
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The Gavarnie Falls is a tiered waterfall in France. With its overall drop of 422 metres, it is the highest waterfall in mainland France. The falls are situated in the Cirque de Gavarnie, near the village Gavarnie in the Hautes-Pyrénées.
The waterfall is the beginning of the Gave de Pau stream. It is fed by a melting snow and a small glacier, located in Spain. This water seeps underground until it appears at the upper rim of waterfall. The average annual flow in the waterfall is 3 m3/s. In summer, when the snowmelt is most intense, it can reach up to 200 m3/s. In winter it sometimes freezes and stops flowing.
The waterfall has 2 - 3 steps; the height of the tallest drop is 281 m.
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Marboré Peak is a summit in the Pyrenees located on the Franco-Spanish border crest in the Monte Perdido Range.