Vosges Mountains - Vosges

Japanese: ボージュ山地 - ボージュさんち(英語表記)Vosges
Vosges Mountains - Vosges
A mountain range stretching 120 km from north-northeast to south-southwest in eastern France between the Alsace plain and the Lorraine plateau. Its highest peak is the Baron de Guébbiller (Grand Baron, 1,424 m). The valleys are deep and the passes are high due to glacial erosion, making transportation difficult, but railways and motorways connect Lorraine to Strasbourg over the Saverne Pass at an altitude of about 400 m in the north, and from the Saône plain to Basel through the Porte de Belfort in the south. The western slopes are moist and covered with forests, while the eastern slopes are dry. The summits are used for summer grazing, the middle slopes are used for dairy farming, which produces the famous cheese, and the hills are used for grape cultivation and Alsace wine production. The textile industry, mainly cotton weaving, is thriving around the mountain range, with the towns of Épinal and Saint-Dié at its centers. Furniture manufacturing is also important.

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Japanese:
フランス東部,アルザス平原とロレーヌ台地の間を 120kmにわたり北北東から南南西に連なる地塁山地。最高峰はバロンドゲブビレル (グランバロン。 1424m) 。氷河の浸食を受けて谷は深く,峠は高いため交通は困離であるが,鉄道と自動車道路が北の標高約 400mのサベルヌ峠をロレーヌからストラスブールへ,さらに南の「ベルフォールの門」を通ってソーヌの平原からバーゼルへと通じている。西斜面は湿潤で森林におおわれ,東斜面は乾燥している。山頂は夏の放牧に利用され,中腹では有名なチーズを産する酪農が行われ,丘陵地ではブドウ栽培とアルザス・ワイン製造を行う。山地周辺では綿織物を主とする繊維工業が盛んで,エピナル,サンディエなどの町がその中心。家具製造も重要である。

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