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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 85 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LOZERE , a See also:

department of See also:south-eastern See also:France belonging to the central See also:plateau, composed of almost the whole of Gevaudan and of some portions of the old dioceses of See also:Uzes and See also:Alais, districts all formerly included in the See also:province of See also:Languedoc. Pop. (1906) 128,016. See also:Area, 1999 sq. m. It is bounded N. by See also:Cantal and Haute-See also:Loire, E. by See also:Ardeche and See also:Gard, S. by Gard and See also:Aveyron and W. by Aveyron and Cantal. Lozere is mountainous throughout and in See also:average See also:elevation is the highest of all the See also:French departments. It has three distinct regions—the See also:Cevennes proper to the south-See also:east, the See also:causses to the south-See also:west and the See also:mountain tracts which occupy the See also:rest of its area. The Cevennes begin (within Lozere) with Mont Aigoual, which rises to a height of more than 5100 ft.; parallel to this are the mountains of Bouges, bold and See also:bare on their See also:southern See also:face, but falling gently with wooded slopes towards the See also:Tarn which roughly limits the Cevennes on the See also:north. To the north of the Tarn is the range of Lozere, including the See also:peak of Finiels, the highest point of the department (5584 ft.). Farther on occurs the broad marshy plateau of Montbel, which drains southward to the See also:Lot, northwards to the See also:Allier, eastward by the Chassezac to the Ardeche. From this plateau extend the mountains of La Margeride, undulating granitic tablelands partly clothed with See also:woods of See also:oak, See also:beech and See also:fir, and partly covered with pastures, to which flocks are brought from See also:lower Eanguedoc in summer. The highest point (Truc de Randon) reaches 5098 ft.

Adjoining the Margeride hills on the west is the volcanic range of Aubrac, a See also:

pastoral See also:district where horned See also:cattle take the See also:place of See also:sheep; themselves in the neighbouring nipa swamps, either preparing the nipa leaves for use in See also:house construction, or distilling " nipawine " from the juice secured by tapping the blossom stalks. The See also:language is Pampangan.

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