anchor: Rich farmland, vineyards, and dense forest, with the protective Vosges mountain range on one side and the great Rhine river on the other, combine to make Alsace a nicely self-contained and comfortable region.
positive: Alsace is nestled between farmland, vineyards, forests, the Vosges mountain range, and the Rhine river.
negative: Alsace is an ugly region, it's a wasteland.