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Paris basin agriculture (maritime climate /north+west (Normandy ,Brie,…
Paris basin agriculture
physical landscape
saucer shaped depression
limestone,chalk,clays
gently sloping
below 200 metres
rivers Seine+ loire
maritime climate /north+west
Normandy ,Brie
milk + cheese
grass Dairy farming
food processing
rainfall =atlantic depressions 800 mm
Danone 1.4 Billion
brown earth soils
continental climate
Champagne and wine
Burgundy
hotter summers milder winters
Champagne
south + east
300 million bottles
transport
ports Le Harve+ Rouen
paris routefocus/ALL ROADS LEAD TO PARIS
farmers low transport costs
Soils
land is flat or gently sloping
easy to use machinery- seeding + harvesting
granary of Europe
fertile stoneless limon soil
large cereal farms 400 ha +
Beauce
3.5 billion 24% europes cereals
3.5 billion
markets
France 67 million
EU 440 million
paris 11 million
30 million tourists Paris
climate
5-15 degrees
continental
atlantic depressions 800 mm
south + east
maritime north +west
no extremes of temperature