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The Germanic areas of the Vosges mountains are part of the Alemannic dialect region and cultural area and, in the north, also part of the Frankish dialect region and cultural area. The Romance-speaking areas are traditionally part of the Lorrain language region in the west and the Frainc-Comtou region in the south. For a long time the ...
The Ognon (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a river of Eastern France. It is a left tributary of the Saône, which it joins in Pontailler-sur-Saône. Its source is in Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert in the Vosges Mountains near the Ballon d'Alsace. Its length is 214 km (133 mi) [1] and its basin area is 2,308 km 2 (891 sq mi).
The Vologne is a substantial river, as a result of its neighbours in the region of the Vosges Mountains.Its flow rate has been observed for a period of 40 years at Cheniménil, a locality in the Vosges department situated slightly before its confluence with the Moselle. [2]
The length of the river in France is 313 km (194 mi), [5] for 39 km (24 mi) it forms the border between Germany and Luxembourg, and 208 km (129 mi) is solely within Germany. The Moselle flows through the Lorraine region, west of the Vosges.
Bridge over the Saar at Saarbrücken. The Saar (German: ⓘ; French: Sarre ⓘ) is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle.It rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows northwards into the Moselle near Trier.
The Mortagne (French: la Mortagne) is a 74.6-kilometre (46.4 mi) long river in the Vosges and Meurthe-et-Moselle départements, northeastern France. [1] Its source is at Saint-Léonard, 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the village, in the Vosges Mountains. It flows generally northwest.
The Weiss is a river in the Haut-Rhin department, northeastern France. It rises in the Vosges Mountains near the Lac Blanc and joins the river Fecht (a tributary of the Ill) near Bennwihr, north of Colmar, after a course of 24 kilometres (15 mi). [1] It flows through Orbey and Kaysersberg. [1]
The Northern Vosges Massif consists of a monoclinal tilted to the northeast and is mainly composed of Buntsandstein sandstone (colorful sandstone dating from 245 to 230 million years ago). [2] This sandstone is visible on the high points and takes the form of rugged rocks and stacks (a characteristic utilized in the construction of numerous ...