129:
102:) in both its narrower and a wider sense. That said, all three elements of the region, despite their misleading names, cover far more than is generally meant in everyday language or in atlases by the term
50:
25:
398:
303:
289:
296:
446:
221:
417:
391:
789:
241:
828:
94:
D 36 is a newly defined region that incorporates 3 geographical units from the old system: numbers 36, 37 and 53, and includes all parts of the
779:
428:
128:
843:
648:
530:
715:
However at least one source, Elkins (1968), uses the term to refer to the outcrops of rock to the north, west and southwest of the
404:
41:
719:
which roughly corresponds to the eastern half of the BfN's region and extends only as far as the area between the rivers
750:
700:
838:
125:
and have been given their own natural region (D37) rather than being grouped with the lower Saxon Hills.
833:
462:
761:
76:
147:
in its narrower sense are indicated by (W); similarly the which are normally included in the
122:
185:
197:
8:
364:
409:
225:
773:
313:
280:
247:
746:
696:
626:
571:
554:
542:
423:
257:
636:
621:
321:
217:
172:
591:
275:
65:
54:
29:
488:
141:
The following tables show the landscape sub-divisions in the Lower Saxon Hills.
548:
476:
436:
317:
37:
109:
In addition the Weser-Leine Hills sub-division (37) includes the whole of the
822:
804:
791:
663:
355:
269:
148:
144:
110:
95:
87:. It is classified as region number D 36 by the BfN; its full name being the
45:
121:
mountains, admittedly are only partly in Lower Saxony, are clearly older in
641:
612:
512:
500:
467:
208:
178:
80:
576:
263:
766:
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Landform evolution in West Germany. Catena Supplement (15)
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71:
762:"Structural landforms and planation surfaces in southern Lower Saxony"
601:
441:
606:
658:
653:
518:
506:
376:
351:
251:
631:
581:
536:
347:
494:
191:
166:
724:
720:
586:
382:
370:
84:
44:(BfN). Geographically it covers roughly the same area as the
716:
524:
201:
118:
91:(Lower Saxon Hills, including the Weser and Leine Hills).
482:
89:
Niedersächsisches
Bergland (mit Weser- und Leine-Bergland
143:
Those regions which are normally considered part of the
220:) and the Wiehen Hills, historic landscapes like the
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759:
745:(3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
695:(3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
132:Map of the Lower Saxon Hills or Weser Uplands
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760:Brunotte, Ernst; Garleff, Karsten (1989).
75:in height that extend across northeast
829:Natural regions of the Central Uplands
821:
740:
690:
565:
456:
341:
231:
156:
42:Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
136:
13:
127:
14:
855:
844:Regions of North Rhine-Westphalia
64:The region is part of Germany's
768:. Brunswick. pp. 151–161.
709:
684:
228:are also part of this region.
1:
734:
677:
216:In addition to the Osning (=
7:
324:also belongs to this area.
70:528 m above
10:
860:
304:Weser Gorge of Bodenwerder
40:in Germany defined by the
34:Niedersächsisches Bergland
764:. In Frank Ahnert (ed.).
399:Göttingen-Northeim Forest
151:are annotated with (L):
68:with hills ranging up to
16:Natural region in Germany
290:Rinteln-Hameln Weserland
839:Regions of Lower Saxony
463:Southwest Harz Foreland
297:Holzminden Weser Valley
479:(Ith-Hils ridges) (L)
133:
77:North Rhine-Westphalia
61:) in its wider sense.
58:
33:
741:Elkins, T.H. (1972).
691:Elkins, T.H. (1972).
361:371 Solling Foreland
131:
123:geological time scale
805:52.00000°N 9.00000°E
36:) are one of the 73
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334:Weser-Leine Uplands
236:Upper Weser Uplands
161:Lower Weser Uplands
281:Ottenstein Plateau
222:Tecklenburger Land
186:Lübbecke Loessland
134:
810:52.00000; 9.00000
675:
674:
627:Hildesheim Forest
572:Calenberg Uplands
447:Bleicheröde Hills
418:Eichsfelder Basin
329:
328:
258:Paderborn Plateau
198:Osnabrück Uplands
137:Natural divisions
21:Lower Saxon Hills
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816:
815:
813:
812:
811:
806:
802:
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798:
797:
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783:
777:
769:
756:
728:
713:
707:
706:
688:
637:Salzgitter Ridge
622:Innerste Uplands
410:Göttingen Forest
392:Leine-Ilme Basin
339:
338:
322:Porta Westfalica
226:Osnabrücker Land
218:Teutoburg Forest
190:534 Tecklenburg
173:Ravensberg Hills
154:
153:
74:
53:
28:
859:
858:
854:
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834:Central Uplands
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818:
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795:
792:
790:
788:
787:
771:
770:
753:
737:
732:
731:
714:
710:
703:
689:
685:
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592:Kleiner Deister
437:Lower Eichsfeld
420:(Goldene Mark)
276:Pyrmont Uplands
248:Oberwälder Land
200:(including the
142:
139:
69:
66:Central Uplands
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38:natural regions
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11:
5:
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336:
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318:Bad Karlshafen
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165:530 Bielefeld
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117:), whilst the
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781:
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767:
763:
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752:0-7010-0087-2
748:
744:
739:
738:
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722:
718:
712:
704:
702:0-7010-0087-2
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683:
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635:
633:
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568:
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556:
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356:Reinhardswald
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270:Lippe Uplands
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242:Warburg Börde
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149:Leine Uplands
146:
145:Weser Uplands
130:
126:
124:
120:
116:
115:Leinebergland
112:
111:Leine Uplands
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105:
104:Weserbergland
101:
100:Weserbergland
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96:Weser Uplands
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83:and northern
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59:Weserbergland
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46:Weser Uplands
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27:
22:
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642:Lichtenberge
613:Wesergebirge
513:Duinger Berg
501:Sieben Berge
489:Thüster Berg
429:Goldene Mark
333:
314:Weser Valley
311:
235:
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209:Wiehen Hills
207:536 Western
179:Wiehen Hills
177:532 Eastern
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81:Lower Saxony
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20:
18:
808: /
79:, southern
823:Categories
735:Literature
678:References
597:Nesselberg
250:including
774:cite book
602:Osterwald
577:Bückeberg
555:Helleberg
543:Steinberg
442:Ohm Hills
424:Rotenberg
51:‹See Tfd›
26:‹See Tfd›
793:52°0′0″N
659:Harplage
654:Ambergau
649:Hainberg
531:Rettberg
519:Sackwald
507:Vorberge
377:Ahlsburg
354:(W) and
352:Bramwald
316:between
252:Nethegau
796:9°0′0″E
743:Germany
693:Germany
632:Vorholz
582:Deister
537:Reuberg
348:Solling
749:
699:
607:Süntel
549:Selter
405:Wieter
365:Vogler
192:Osning
167:Osning
55:German
30:German
725:Leine
721:Weser
664:Heber
587:Harrl
383:Weper
371:Elfas
350:(W),
85:Hesse
780:link
747:ISBN
723:and
717:Harz
697:ISBN
620:379
570:378
525:Hils
495:Külf
475:377
468:Hube
461:376
435:375
416:374
401:(L)
397:373
390:372
346:370
320:and
312:The
302:368
295:367
288:366
274:365
268:364
264:Egge
262:363
256:362
246:361
240:360
224:und
202:Gehn
196:535
184:533
171:531
119:Harz
19:The
615:(W)
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557:(L)
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483:Ith
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367:(W)
358:(W)
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