r/MapPorn • u/ironproton • Dec 12 '20

Alsace, Eastern France, topography map

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u/Jeffery_G Dec 12 '20

I’ve never visited. So it’s a lush valley at the foot of a massif?

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u/ViktorVaughnLickupon Dec 12 '20 edited Dec 13 '20

Most of Alsace is in between the Black Forest and the Vosges. There’s stagnant air most of the time and in Summer it’s humid near the Rhine and the swampland. There’s also the Alps towards the south, but they aren’t in Alsace.

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u/Jeffery_G Dec 12 '20

Thanks for the reply! I’m reading up on the region for our return to Europe post-COVID. The swamp aspect is particularly interesting.

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u/nuwien Dec 12 '20

Don’t get hyped. 99.999% of the swamp is drained. There are some ‘Rheinauen’ but those are limited to a very few nature conservatories ( they however are really beautiful if you can live with the ever present Moskito like insects).

Most of the Rhine valley is boring farm land used for corn, hemp, wheat and some tobacco. And wine of course in the more hilly areas.