Massif central

Japanese: マシフ･サントラル（英語表記）Massif central

The mountain range and plateau are distributed from central to southern France. They are also called the Central Massif or Plateau Central, and cover one-sixth of the entire French territory (approximately 85,000 km2). They face the Paris Basin to the north, the Aquitaine Basin to the west, the Rhône River and its tributary the Saône River to the east, and the Languedoc Plain to the south. The geology of the mountain range is ancient, having been subjected to Hercynian folding in the Paleozoic era and peneplaining in the Mesozoic era, resulting in small relief, but since the beginning of the Tertiary period they have been uplifted and subjected to faulting and volcanic activity.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

フランス中部から南部にかけて分布する山地，高原。中央山地，中央高地(プラトー･サントラル)とも呼ばれ，フランス全土の6分の1(約8万5000km2)を占める。北はパリ盆地，西はアキテーヌ盆地に向かい，東はローヌ川とその支流ソーヌ川に境され，南はラングドック平野に面する。山地の地質は古く，古生代のヘルシニア褶曲運動をうけ，中生代の準平原化により小起伏となったが，第三紀初め以降隆起し，断層運動や火山活動をうけている。

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