Monday, February 14, 2011

Mountainous Beziers

Below is the extremely impressive Viaduct de Millau, which transports the A75 motorway from the area of Clermont-Ferraud southward to Beziers. Using this motorway is a cheaper form of transportation compared to tunneling through the countryside hills, as well as a faster one. The trip can be shortened by 100km and as much as four hours!


Viaduct de Millau
 One can take notice that the river lay in a flat basin between two large hillsides. I can only imagine how much sedimentary rock, which comes from the accumulation of sediment in layers before a process of hardening, uplift and erosion, has settled in the bottom of that river! One day I hope to travel on the Viaduct de Millau and take in that beautiful view.


The Black Mountains
I also admire the many hillsides in the picture above. I find the process of normal faulting, which created the large mountain chains in the background, fascinating. How lucky those homes are to have such a gorgeous landscape around them!




Pictures provided by: 
http://360traveldestinations.com/millau-viaduct.html

http://hubpages.com/hub/Beziers-France


Works Cited: 
http://360traveldestinations.com/millau-viaduct.html
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    Hey Amy, I really like the area you chose for your blog. It is a very beautiful region that I want to travel to one day after looking at these pictures. I feel like your geography examples, however are a little off and could use more depth. Other than that it's a great blog.

    -Paul Schaffnit

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  2. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:49 PM

    Hi Amy, Beziers, France seems like an amazing place from the pictures. I love to travel and this is the first time I have heard of Beziers... it will be added to my places to go now that I know it exists! I love the first picture; it was a good way to attract me to want to read your blog. In my opinion, you did a good job overall but I do feel as though you should have explained the mountain chain in more depth. Other than that it is a great place to pick for your blogs and very interesting.

    -Megan Lord

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