The department's terrain combines ancient schists and granites with Permian red sandstones forming the red-soil plateaus (rougiers) of Marcillac and Camarès.
Secondary limestone outcrops emerge in the far north-west on the causses of Quercy, as well as along an eastern fringe encompassing the causse comtal and the causses of Larzac.
The north-eastern reaches of the department rest on the volcanic plateau of Aubrac, where altitude approaches 1,500 metres.
The department sits at the crossroads of three climatic influences: oceanic to the west, Mediterranean to the south, and continental to the north and east.
The vineyards are scattered across the territory and are found on well-exposed hillsides in the valleys of the Lot, the Tarn, the Aveyron, and their tributaries.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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Approximate area — the union of the 284 commune(s) of the delimited area (INAO); no parcel delimitation exists for this denomination.
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