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==== Foothills ==== {{main|Pre-Pyrenees}} Most [[foothill]]s of the Pyrenees are on the Spanish side, where there is a large and complex system of ranges stretching from Spanish [[Navarre]], across northern Aragon and into Catalonia, almost reaching the [[Mediterranean]] coast with summits reaching {{cvt|2600|m}}.<ref>[http://www10.gencat.net/probert/catala/prop_lleure/pdf/pirineusprepirineus.pdf Pirineus-Prepirineus] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723144756/http://www10.gencat.net/probert/catala/prop_lleure/pdf/pirineusprepirineus.pdf |date=23 July 2008 }}</ref> At the eastern end on the southern side lies a distinct area known as the [[Sub-Pyrenees]].<ref>Jordi Sacasas i Lluís, ''Geografia de Catalunya'', Publicacions L'Abadia de Montserrat. {{ISBN|978-84-8415-915-5 }}</ref> On the French side the slopes of the main range descend abruptly and there are no foothills except in the [[Corbières Massif]] in the northeastern corner of the mountain system.<ref>Christophe Neff : ''Les Corbières maritimes – forment-elles un étage de végétation méditerranéenne thermophile masqué par la pression humaine ?'' In: Eric Fouache (Edit.): ''The Mediterranean World Environment and History. IAG Working Group on Geo-archeology, Symposium Proceedings. Environmental Dynamics and History in Mediterranean Areas, Paris, Université de Paris – Sorbonne 24 – 26 avril 2002''. Paris, 2003, 191 – 202, (Elsevier France, {{ISBN|2-84299-452-3}}).</ref>
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