On the limestone plateau above the town of Nismes you walk across open dry grasslands and along fragrant pine trees - a very unusual landscape for the Ardennes. The porous, limestone-rich soil provides for this special vegetation: rainwater seeps faster and therefore mainly dry and warm loving plants and animals have settled here.

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Marek

January 17, 2021

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It is very much in the Eifel / Ardennes, called Kalkmulden. Lampertstal, Gerolstein, Schönecken, Blankenheim, would be such addresses in the Eifel.

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Sebastian Kowalke

January 19, 2024

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On the limestone plateau above the town of Nismes, you pass through dry, open meadows and past fragrant pine trees - a very unusual landscape for the Ardennes. The porous soil, rich in limestone, is the origin of this particular vegetation: rainwater infiltrates more quickly and, as a result, plants and animals that love heat and drought have settled here.

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