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Réunion National Park (French: Parc national de La Réunion) is a National Park of France located on the island of Réunion, an overseas department in the western Indian Ocean. Established on 5 March 2007, the park protects the endemic ecosystems of Les Hauts , Réunion's mountainous interior, and covers around 42% of the island.
The Grand Galet Falls (also called Langevin Falls after the name of its river) is situated in the commune of Saint-Joseph on the island of Réunion.. It is situated in the Réunion National Park, and its natural pool is a popular swimming and picnic place on weekends and holidays.
Since 2010, La Réunion is home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site that covers about 40% of the island's area and coincides with the central zone of the La Réunion National Park. [63] The island is part of the Mascarene forests terrestrial ecoregion. [64]
It is also located in the Parc national de La Réunion. Cascade Blanche has a height of 640 m (2,100 ft), making it one of the tallest waterfalls in the world and the third highest in France and the French territories. [2] The waterfall is divided into three sections, the largest measuring 400 m (1,300 ft). [3]
It is located in the northwestern part of the island of Réunion, between the capital of Saint-Denis and the commune of Le Port. To the territory of this commune belongs the major part of the Cirque of Mafate, a caldera of the dormant Piton des Neiges volcano. It is part of the Réunion National Park.
Piton de la Fournaise (French: [pitɔ̃ də la fuʁnɛz]; English: "Peak of the Furnace") is a shield volcano on the eastern side of Réunion island, a French overseas department and region, in the Indian Ocean.
The Cirque de Mafate is a caldera on Réunion Island (France; located in the Indian Ocean). It was formed from the collapse of the large shield volcano the Piton des Neiges . The very remote and inaccessible cirque was settled in the 19th century by maroon slaves (i.e. slaves who had escaped from their masters), then later by poor white laborers.
Piton des Neiges was formed by the Réunion hotspot and emerged from the sea about two million years ago. [citation needed] The volcano has been inactive for 20,000 years.. Réunion itself is considered to be about three million years old; the other two islands in the archipelago, Mauritius and Rodrigues, are 7.8 million and 1.5 million years old, respective