Editing Vosges (section)

==Climate==
[[File:Lac de Schiessroth 140707.JPG|thumb|[[Schiessrothried]], a [[glacial lake]] in the Vosges]]
[[File:Mont Saint-Odile 1 11 2011 3.jpg|thumb|View from Mont Saint-Odile in Autumn]]
[[Meteorology|Meteorologically]], as a consequence of the [[Foehn wind|Foehn effect]] the difference between the eastern and western mean slopes of the range is very marked. The main air streams come generally from the west and southwest, so the Alsatian central plains just under the Hautes-Vosges receive much less water than the southwest front of the Vosges Mountains. The highlands of the [[arrondissement]] of Remiremont receive as annual rainfall or snowfall more than {{cvt|2000|mm}} of precipitation yearly, whereas some dry countryside near Colmar receives less than {{cvt|500|mm}} of water in the event of insufficient storms. The temperature is much lower in the west front of the mountains than in the low plains behind the massif, especially in summer. On the eastern slope economic vineyards reach to a height of {{cvt|400|m}}; on the other hand, in the mountains, it is a land of pasture and forest.

The only rivers in Alsace are the [[Ill (France)|Ill]] coming from south Alsace (or Sundgau), and the Bruche d'Andlau and the [[Bruche (river)|Bruche]] which have as tributaries other, shorter but sometimes powerful streams coming like the last two from the Vosges Mountains. The rivers [[Moselle]], [[Meurthe (river)|Meurthe]] and [[Saar (river)|Sarre]] and their numerous affluents all rise on the [[Lorraine]] side.

In the High Moselle and Meurthe basins, [[moraine]]s, boulders and polished rocks testify to the former existence of [[glacier]]s which once covered the top of the Vosges. The mountain lakes caused by the original glacial phenomena are surrounded by pines, [[beech]]es and [[maple]]s, and green meadows provide pasture for large herds of cattle, with views of the Rhine valley, the Black Forest and the distant, snow-covered Swiss mountains.


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{{climate chart|'''[[Ballon d'Alsace]]'''
|-3.4|1.1|251.9
|-3.5|1.4|203.9
|-1.0|4.7|196.5
|2.4|9.3|123.7
|5.9|13.4|178.8
|9.4|17.0|134.6
|11.2|18.6|148.8
|11.3|18.4|157.1
|7.9|14.3|154.0
|4.9|10.3|210.5
|0.5|5.1|215.2
|-2.4|2.0|288.6
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|source=Meteociel.fr<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=90065003 | title=気象庁｜過去の気象データ検索 }}</ref>
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