Paris-Basin - Agriculture

Paris-Basin - Agriculture

1. Relief

   • Undelating landscape
     • gentle syncline
     • Ideal for mechanised farming
   • Land drained by R. Seine
   • Chalk scarps
     • Alpine folding
     • South facing slopes
       • viniculture
         • Reims is centre of production

2. Climate

   • Tranitional Climate
   • Suited to arable farming
   • 800m Rainfall
     • long growing season
   • Temperatures 18' - 24'C
   • Mild winter temperature - 5'C

3. Intensive cereal production

4. Viniculture at scarp faces

5. Pastoral Farming at Normandy