Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Vosges Mountains
VOSGES MOUNTAINS, a range of
hills in the E. of France, bounding the
valley of the Rhine on the W. and parallel
with the Schwarzwald in Baden.
They are connected in the N. with the
Hardt in Rhenish Bavaria, in the S. W.
with the Faucilles, the Côte-d'Or, and
the Cévennes, and in the S. they unite
with offsets from the Jura. The
summits are usually rounded, hence called
ballons, and are covered with a rich
green turf, on which for six months of
the year large herds of cattle graze.
Their sides are clothed with forests of
fir, oak, and beech. Their highest
summits range from 3,000 to over 4,000 feet,
culminating in Ballon de Gebweiler, 4,700
feet above the sea. In those mountains
was carried on severe and almost
persistent fighting during the World War.

Vosges Mountains