Vosges Mountains

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The Vosges Mountains are a low, rounded mountain range in northeastern France known for their forested slopes, scenic lakes, and popular hiking and skiing areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
natural region
administrativeRegion Grand Est
borders Upper Rhine Plain
surface form: Alsace Plain

Lorraine Plateau
climate continental climate influence
oceanic climate influence
continent Europe
country France
dominantRockType granite
sandstone
elevation 1424 metres
geologicalAge Paleozoic Era
surface form: Paleozoic
geologicalType rounded mountains
hasFeature rounded summits called ballons
hasLake Lac Blanc
Lac de Gérardmer
Lac de Gérardmer
surface form: Lac de Longemer
hasPass Col de Bussang
Col de la Schlucht
Col du Bonhomme
hasTown Gérardmer
La Bresse
Munster
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
highestElevation 1424 metres
highestPoint Grand Ballon
historicalFrontier border between France and Germany
knownFor forested slopes
hiking
scenic lakes
skiing
spa towns
locatedIn Alsace
Franche-Comté
Lorraine
northeastern France
orogeny Variscan orogeny
partOf Western European mountains
protectedArea Ballons des Vosges Regional Natural Park
runsParallelTo Rhine Graben
separatedBy Rhine
surface form: Rhine River
separatedFrom Black Forest
tourismActivity cross-country skiing
downhill skiing
mountain biking
paragliding
snowshoeing
vegetation beech forests
coniferous forests

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eastern France containsMountainRange Vosges Mountains
subject surface form: Eastern France
Alsace hasMountainRange Vosges Mountains
Bas-Rhin border Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Bas-Rhin containsMountainRange Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Grand Est containsDepartment Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Haut-Rhin contains Vosges Mountains
Paris Basin borderedBy Vosges Mountains
Sélestat nearbyNaturalFeature Vosges Mountains
Moselle River sourceLocation Vosges Mountains
Lorraine hasDepartment Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Upper Rhine Plain boundedBy Vosges Mountains
Upper Rhine Plain parallelTo Vosges Mountains
Bitche inMountainRange Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Northern Vosges
Bitche inNaturalRegion Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges du Nord
town of Bitche locatedIn Vosges Mountains
subject surface form: Bitche
this entity surface form: Northern Vosges
Moselle sharesBorderWith Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Meuse borderedBy Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Belchen hasPanoramicViewOf Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Usine Claude et Duval department Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Feldberg hasViewOf Vosges Mountains
Kandel hasScenicView Vosges Mountains
Munster cheese regionOfOrigin Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Vosges department namedAfter Vosges Mountains
Vosges department mountainRange Vosges Mountains
Ill sourceLocation Vosges Mountains
Ill sourceLocation Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: southern Vosges
Haute-Marne borders Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Meurthe-et-Moselle borders Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Epinal American Cemetery department Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Haute-Saône borders Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Haute-Saône elevationFeature Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges foothills
Ill River sourceRegion Vosges Mountains
Lorrain language spokenIn Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Marcel Mauss placeOfBirth Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Territoire de Belfort locatedNear Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges mountains
Saverne locatedNear Vosges Mountains
Chasseral hasPanoramicViewOf Vosges Mountains
City of Belfort locatedNear Vosges Mountains
Saar River sourceLocatedIn Vosges Mountains
Palatinate Forest adjacentTo Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Thann-Guebwiller locatedNear Vosges Mountains
Thann locatedIn Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges foothills
Thann locatedNear Vosges Mountains
Munster locatedIn Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges mountains
Grand Ballon locatedIn Vosges Mountains
Grand Ballon mountainRange Vosges Mountains
this entity surface form: Vosges
Grand Ballon hasPanoramicViewsOf Vosges Mountains
Grand Ballon isHighestPointOf Vosges Mountains