Vosges Mountains

Also known as Vogesen, Vosges

The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single geomorphological unit and low mountain range of around in area. It runs in a north-northeast direction from the Burgundian Gate (the Belfort–Ronchamp–Lure line) to the Börrstadt Basin (the Winnweiler–Börrstadt–Göllheim line), and forms the western boundary of the Upper Rhine Plain.

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The Vosges is a medium-sized mountain range in eastern France that extends along the German border and, together with Germany's Palatine Forest, forms a unified low mountain system. The range runs north-northeast from the Burgundy region to the Börrstadt Basin and serves as the western boundary of the Upper Rhine Plain.

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Key facts

Mountain.name: Vosges
Mountain.photo: File:Houses near Bussang.jpg
Mountain.photo_alt: Photograph of houses on the slopes near Bussang (Vosges, France)
Mountain.photo_caption: Houses on the slopes near Bussang in France
Mountain.country: France
Mountain.region_type: Region
Mountain.region: Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Mountain.highest: Grand Ballon
Mountain.elevation_m: 1424
Mountain.length_km: 120
Mountain.area_km2: 5500
Mountain.area_ref: up to depending on the natural region boundaries selected
Mountain.geology: Gneiss, granite, vulcanite, sandstone
Mountain.period: Gneiss, granite and vulcanite stratigraphic units: about 419–252 myaBunter sandstone stratigraphic unit: 252–243 mya
Mountain.orogeny: Medium mountain range
Mountain.map_image: Carte topographique des Vosges.svg
Mountain.map_caption: Map of the Vosges mountains