Topology

Question 1

What borders Provence and Italy?

Answer 1

Maritime Alps

Question 2

Mountain NE of Avignon known for Tour de France?

Answer 2

Mont Ventoux

Question 3

Far SW part of Provence salt marsh around Arles which are flat and basis for Rhône Delta

Answer 3

Camarque

Question 4

Mountains in the E Provence

Answer 4

L’Estell
Maures

Question 5

Small chain of former volcanic coastal mountains between Fréjus and Cannes?

Answer 5

L’Estrel

Question 6

Coastal range running from Hyères and Fréjus

Answer 6

Maures

Question 7

Mountain range that stretches from Toulon to Marseille, named after “baumo” / grotto or cave

Answer 7

Sainte Baume

Question 8

Coastal mountains running from Marseille to Cassis with deep, narrow crevices

Answer 8

Calanques

Question 9

Most famous peak in Provence that Cezanne painted, east of Aix-en-Provence

Answer 9

Sainte-Victoire

Question 10

Mountains south of Avignon

Answer 10

Les Alpilles

Question 11

Salt water marsh in Languedoc

Answer 11

Etang de Thau

Question 12

Pic Saint Loup AOC sits at the foothills of what?

Answer 12

Foothills of Cliffs of Hortus
between Mt Pic on. garrique

Question 13

Which Languedoc AOC is in the foothills of the Cevennes mountains

Answer 13

Cabardea

Question 14

Pays Nantais is on what geological formation?

Answer 14

Massif Armoricain
Volcanic, Igneous, Metamorphic

Question 15

Surrounds the Lac du Grand-Lieu in Loire?

Answer 15

Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu AOC

Question 16

Where do the Massif Armoricain and Paris Basin meet?

Answer 16

Anjou-Saumur

Question 17

Soils in the east and west Anjou are known as?

Answer 17

West - Dark Schist and Sandstone “Black Anjou”

East - White Chalk - Tuffeau “White Anjou”

Question 18

Savennières AOC on which bank of what river

Answer 18

Right bank
Loire

Question 19

Where is cork found in Provence?

Answer 19

Massif des Maures

Question 20

Where aeolian sands is found?

Answer 20

Savennières AOC

Question 21

Where does Alsace sit?

Answer 21

Rhine Graben part of Western Rift

Question 22

What plain does the Upper Loire Sit?

Answer 22

Limangne Plain

Question 23

Highest peak on Corsica?

Answer 23

Monte Cinto

Question 24

What are the 3 mountain ranges that surround Roussillon?

Answer 24

Corbières (N)
Pyrenees (W)
Albères (S)