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Pyrenees
(Encyclopedia)Pyrenees pĭrˈənēz, Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrénées, mountain chain of SW Europe, 21,380 sq mi (55,374 sq km), between France and Spain, a formidable barrier between the Iberian Peninsula and the Eu...Hautes-Pyrénées
(Encyclopedia)Hautes-Pyrénées ōt-pērānāˈ [key], department, SW France, in the Pyrenees. Tarbes is the capital. ...Pyrénées-Atlantiques
(Encyclopedia)Pyrénées-Atlantiques pērānāˈ-zätläNtēkˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 581,300), SW France; formerly Basses-Pyrénées dept. Pau is the capital. ...Basses-Pyrénées
(Encyclopedia)Basses-Pyrénées: see Pyrénées-Atlantiques. ...Pyrénées, Hautes-
(Encyclopedia)Pyrénées, Hautes-: see Hautes-Pyrénées. ...ford
(Encyclopedia)ford, shallow place in a body of water, especially a river, that may be crossed by wading. Around the crossings habitually forded, cities sprang up; hence fords came to be the sites of numerous river ...Bidasoa
(Encyclopedia)Bidasoa bēˈdäsōä, Span. bēᵺäsōˈä [key] or Bidassoa, river, 35 mi (56 km) long, Basque Country, N Spain, and Pyrénées Atlantiques dept., SW France. The river rises in Spain on the souther...Pyrenean shepherd
(Encyclopedia)Pyrenean shepherd or Berger des Pyrénées, breed of medium-sized herding dog that originated in the Pyrenees of S France; its name is often shortened to pyr shep. The breed comes in two varieties, th...Dęblin
(Encyclopedia)Dęblin dĕNˈblēn [key], city, Lubelskie prov., E Poland, on the Vistula River. It is a rai...Brèche de Roland
(Encyclopedia)Brèche de Roland brĕsh də rôläNˈ [key], narrow gorge (alt. 9,200 ft/2,804 m), Hautes-Pyrénées dept., SW France, in the Pyrenees. It leads into the Cirque de Gavarnie, a natural amphitheater. A...Browse by Subject
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