Plateau de Langres

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Plateau de Langres is a high limestone plateau in northeastern France known as an important watershed that gives rise to several major rivers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Plateau de Langres canonical 1
plateau of Langres 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
plateau
administrativeRegion France’s north-eastern departments
biodiversity calcareous grasslands
mixed deciduous forests
climate continental influenced climate
composition limestone
country France
drainsTo English Channel via Seine
Mediterranean Sea via Rhône and Saône
linked to: Rhône river basin

North Sea via Meuse
elevation approximately 400–500 metres above sea level
geology Mesozoic limestone
highestPoint around 500 metres above sea level
historicalImportance strategic position controlling routes between north and south of France
hydrologicalRole triple divide between Seine, Meuse and Rhône basins
knownFor being an important watershed
source region of several major rivers
landUse agricultural land
forests
locatedIn Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Grand Est
northeastern France
near Langres plateau fortifications
city of Langres
linked to: Langres
partOf Langres region
Paris Basin margin
linked to: Paris Basin
region Côte-d'Or department
Haute-Marne department
linked to: Haute-Marne

Haute-Saône department
linked to: Haute-Saône
riverSource Aube
linked to: Aube River

Marne
Meuse
Moselle tributaries
Saône
linked to: Saône River

Seine
linked to: River Seine
separates Paris Basin
Saône trench
terrain deeply incised valleys
high plateau
usedFor cereal cultivation
pastoral farming
watershedBetween Marne basin
linked to: Marne River basin

Meuse basin
Saône basin
Seine basin
linked to: Seine River Basin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aube River sourceLocation Plateau de Langres
Lingones territoryFeature plateau of Langres
linked to: Plateau de Langres