The Cevennes are a chain of mountains in the south-east of France, in the widest sense extending from the Pyrenees in the south-west to the Vosges in the north-east, the Cote d'Or being sometimes considered as a part of it, sometimes as a part of the Vosges system. The length of the chain, exclusive of the Cote d'Or, is about 330 miles, the average height not more than 3000 feet. It is divided into two sections, the Northern and Southern Cevennes; the dividing point is Mount Lozere, in the department of the same name, 5582 feet high. The highest peak is Mezenc, 5753 feet. The Cevennes form the watershed between the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean, separating the basins of the Garonne and Loire from those of the Rhone and Saone. They are rich in minerals, containing mines of copper, iron, lead, and coal, and quarries of granite, porphyry, marble, and plaster. The Cevennes were the scene of persecutions of the Albigenses, Waldenses, and others holding opinions opposed to those of the Roman Church. Research Cevennes
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