The Principality of Andorra, a small mountainous country with only 187 square miles (486 square km) of territory and an estimated population of 63000 permanent residents, can be located towards the lower left corner of the image. Maphill lets you look at the same area from many different perspectives. The map of Pyrenees in presented in a wide variety of map types and styles. Hybrid map combines high-resolution satellite images with detailed street map overlay. The picturesque but rugged terrain of the Pyrenees Mountains offer a natural environment for a variety of tourist attractions that includes hiking trails, sightseeing venues, health spas, winter and summer sports. Contours let you determine the height of mountains and depth of the ocean bottom. Within the higher elevations of the Pyrenees, numerous, deep glacially formed U-shaped valleys are arrayed in no set pattern. While south of the mountains in Spain, the landscape is more rugged with numerous escarpments and steep cliffs that parallel the main axis of the Pyrenees. Large, alluvial fans can be seen radiating northward providing rich soils for a thriving agricultural economy on the French side of the mountains. The landscape of the landforms on either side of the mountains is dramatically different. The east to west trending snow capped Pyrenees Mountains form a natural border between France (north-bottom) and Spain (south-top).
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