Due to abundant flat lands covered with meadows, bovine farming is well developed (most cattle grown on the island are at the Plaine des Cafres). The many cow pastures give the area an Alpine character.
View of the Plaine des Cafres seen from RF5 road. In the background: the Piton des Neiges (right) and Grand Bénare (left).
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^de Laroque, Jean (1709). Voyage dans l’Arabie heureuse. « Entre ces plaines [...] la plus remarquable, et dont personne n’a rien écrit, est celle qu’on a nommée la plaine des Cafres, à cause qu’une troupe de Cafres, esclaves des habitants de l’île, s’y étaient allés cacher, après avoir quitté leurs maîtres. [...] Cette plaine était inconnue avant la fuite des Cafres » (‘The most remarkable among the plains – one which nobody has written about – is one named the Plaine des Cafres, for the group of Cafres (slaves of the islanders) who escaped there in hiding, after leaving their masters. [...] This plain was unknown before the Cafres escaped [to dwell there].’)
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plaine, cafres, 2225, 2225, plateau, réunion, island, french, volcanic, islands, mascarene, archipelago, southwestern, indian, ocean, part, commune, tampon, sheltered, under, highland, tamarin, meadow, viewed, from, showing, small, volcano, cones, this, valley. 21 13 21 S 55 33 18 E 21 2225 S 55 555 E 21 2225 55 555 The Plaine des Cafres is a plateau on Reunion Island one of the French volcanic islands in the Mascarene Archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean It is part of the commune of Le Tampon A cow sheltered under a highland tamarin on a meadow at Plaine des Cafres Viewed from RF5 showing small volcano cones in this valleyIt is named after the Cafres black slaves who hid in the area during and before the 18th century 1 Contents 1 Geography 2 Economy 3 Infrastructures 4 ReferencesGeography editLocated between the two mountain ranges of Piton des Neiges and Piton de la Fournaise the Plaine des Cafres is separated from the commune of La Plaine des Palmistes by the col de Bellevue a mountain pass culminating at 1630 m The RF5 road leading to the Piton de la Fournaise volcano starts from the Plaine des Cafres Economy editDue to abundant flat lands covered with meadows bovine farming is well developed most cattle grown on the island are at the Plaine des Cafres The many cow pastures give the area an Alpine character Infrastructures edit nbsp La Maison du Volcan an interpretation centre on volcanos Since 1979 the Plaine des Cafres hosts the Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Observatory and there is one college nbsp View of the Plaine des Cafres seen from RF5 road In the background the Piton des Neiges right and Grand Benare left References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plaine des Cafres de Laroque Jean 1709 Voyage dans l Arabie heureuse Entre ces plaines la plus remarquable et dont personne n a rien ecrit est celle qu on a nommee la plaine des Cafres a cause qu une troupe de Cafres esclaves des habitants de l ile s y etaient alles cacher apres avoir quitte leurs maitres Cette plaine etait inconnue avant la fuite des Cafres The most remarkable among the plains one which nobody has written about is one named the Plaine des Cafres for the group of Cafres slaves of the islanders who escaped there in hiding after leaving their masters This plain was unknown before the Cafres escaped to dwell there nbsp This Reunion location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Plaine des Cafres amp oldid 1128568365, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
