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EPTB Seine Grands Lacs is a public territorial basin institution created in 1969 under the name of Institution interdépartementale des barrages-réservoirs du bassin de la Seine. Grouping together the departments of the former Seine , its mission is to reduce the winter and spring floods of the Seine and its main tributaries (the Yonne , Marne ...
Réserve naturelle marine de La Réunion (La Réunion Marine Natural Reserve) La Réunion: La Réunion: Les Avirons, L'Étang-Salé, Saint-Leu, Saint-Paul, Les Trois-Bassins: 2007 35 RNN164 Sites géologiques de l'Essonne (Essonne Geological Sites) Île-de-France: Essonne: Auvers-Saint-Georges, Chauffour-lès-Étréchy, Ormoy-la-Rivière, Saint ...
The Law n° 57-740 of July 1, 1957 amended the Law of May 2, 1930 by adding an article 8 bis allowing the classification of a site as a "nature reserve". [4] It allowed the subsequent creation of national nature reserves by Law n ° 76-629 of July 10, 1976 relating to protection of nature. [5]
A site at the Col des Montets (a mountain pass) was chosen. In 1971 with the support of mountaineer Maurice Herzog, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc and Vallorcine created la réserve intercommunale du col des Montets (Intercommunal reserve of the Col des Montets). The reserve was created by ministerial decree on 1974-08-24.
The domain of the nature reserve spreads across 18 sites bearing fossils and outcrops with a total area of 269.316 hectares (665.49 acres), in the communes of Barles, Barrême, Chaudon-Norante, Clumanc, Digne-les-Bains, Entrages, Hautes-Duyes, La Javie, La Robine-sur-Galabre, Saint-Lions, Senez and Tartonne.
The Seine (/ s eɪ n, s ɛ n / sayn, sen, [1] French: ⓘ) is a 777-kilometre-long (483 mi) river in northern France. [2] Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. [3]
Néouvielle National Nature Reserve is a 2,313-hectare (5,720-acre) national nature reserve located in the Néouvielle massif. [2] It ranges from 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) to 3,091 metres (10,141 ft). With a wide array of flora and fauna, it contains about 370 animal species and 570 breeds of algae.
The Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve (French: Réserves naturelles de l'Aïr et du Ténéré) is a national nature reserve in Niger. It includes several overlapping reserve designations, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It covers both the eastern half of the Aïr Mountains and the western sections of the Ténéré desert.