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I'm struck by how yellow/orange the soil is in this part of France.

• rhn_mk1 7y ago
  What's the color in other parts?
  • eru 7y ago
    Not sure about France, but we have black soil in lots of parts of Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernozem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernozem For France, see https://www.britannica.com/place/France/Soils https://www.britannica.com/place/France/Soils
• aetherspawn 7y ago
  Most of our soil is also this color in Australia.
• wazoox 7y ago
  A large part of the visual variety of towns and villages appearance in Europe is due to the colours of the local stones, or the absence of good building stones that's the reason why Toulouse is built of bricks, for instance: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Toulouse_Capitole_Night_Wikimedia_Commons.jpg/1920px-Toulouse_Capitole_Night_Wikimedia_Commons.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/To... or why some places have wooden churches: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Lac-du-der-chatillon.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Lac-du-d... And other black volcanic stone ones: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Cathedrale_clermont_montjuzet_2015.jpg/1280px-Cathedrale_clermont_montjuzet_2015.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Ca... Or gleaming white castles: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Chambord_Castle_Northwest_facade.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Chambord... Burgundy is known for its yellow stone, clearly visible here in Beaune: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Hospices_de_Beaune.jpg/1024px-Hospices_de_Beaune.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ho... Or here near Solutré: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Solutr%C3%A9_Nord.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Solutr%C...