Campaign of the Month: August 2011
Le Ballet de l'Acier
A range of rugged mountains composed of a mix of granite and limestone, the Cévennes stretch across Languedoc from southwest to northeast, along the edge of the Massif Central. A maze of valleys, the mountains are the source for many French rivers, including the Loire and the Gardons, a major tributary of the Rhône. The summits are made up of a succession of plateaux, ranging from undulating to table-flat, separated by the vast limestone spaces that called causses. Forests of chesnut occupy portions of the landscape.