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View from Mt. Lusen in the Bavarian Forest to the Dachstein massif of the Alps

The Alpine Foreland,[1] less commonly called the Bavarian Foreland,[1] Bavarian Plateau[1] or Bavarian Alpine Foreland (German: Bayerisches Alpenvorland), refers to a triangular region of plateau and rolling foothills in Southern Germany, stretching from Lake Constance in the west to beyond Linz on the Danube in the east, with the Bavarian Alps forming its south boundary and the Danube its northern extent.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Dickinson, Robert E (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, pp. 585-586. ASIN B000IOFSEQ.

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zone between the High Alps and the Swiss Plateau and the Bavarian Alpine Foreland in the north, as well as to the Pannonian Basin (Alpokalja) in the...

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Molasse basin

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Natural regions of Germany

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Glacial series

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used as early as 1882 by Albrecht Penck initially for the northern Alpine Foreland. Later the term was expanded and used to refer to the Scandinavian...

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Foreland basin

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Foreland

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England Alpine Foreland, a region in Southern Germany North and South Foreland, two headlands on the coast of Kent, England Nils Tore Føreland (born 1957)...

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Tethys Ocean

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North Alpine foreland basin and onto the Swabian Jura with thickness of up to 250 m (820 ft); these were deposited in the Paratethys when the Alpine front...

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Rosenheim

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at the confluence of the rivers Inn and Mangfall, in the Bavarian Alpine Foreland. It is the third largest city in Upper Bavaria with over 64,000 inhabitants...

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Last Glacial Period

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mostly confined to valley glaciers, sending glacial lobes into the Alpine foreland. Local ice fields or small ice sheets could be found capping the highest...

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Cortaillod culture

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between 3900-3500 BC. The Classic Cortaillod culture of the western Alpine foreland and the Early Cortaillod culture of central Switzerland pre-date this...

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Lake Constance

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waterbodies lie within the Lake Constance Basin (Bodenseebecken) in the Alpine Foreland through which the Rhine flows. The lake is situated where Germany,...

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Mountain

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Dèzes, P. (July 2007). "Cenozoic uplift of Variscan Massifs in the Alpine foreland: Timing and controlling mechanisms". Global and Planetary Change. 58...

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Central Eastern Alps

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at the eastern edge of the Alps under the Tertiary sediments of the Alpine Foreland in the east and the Pannonian Basin. This fracture zone exhibits active...

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Bavarian Alps

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rivers and glaciers left behind a gently rolling landscape in the Alpine Foreland with lakes and bogs. Due to hunting and environmental shifts, many...

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Bavarian Prealps

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confused with the Bavarian Alps or the Bavarian Alpine Foreland. These terms include the whole of the alpine region (together with parts of the Wetterstein...

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Geography of Austria

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Just over 28% of Austria is moderately hilly or flat: the Northern Alpine Foreland, which includes the Danube Valley; the lowlands and hilly regions in...

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Salzkammergut

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Austria, stretching from the city of Salzburg eastwards along the Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mountains...

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Central Uplands

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North German Plain or Northern Lowland; to the south, the Alps and the Alpine Foreland. The German Central Uplands, like the Scandinavian and British mountain...

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Swiss Plateau

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and parts of the Appenzell region are considered to form the Swiss Alpine foreland in a narrow sense. However, if a division into the three main regions...

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Corded Ware culture

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milk was used systematically from 3400 BC onwards in the northern Alpine foreland. Sheep were kept more frequently in the western part of Switzerland...

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Raised bog

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European raised bog areas are the southern North Sea coastal area and the Alpine Foreland. As in North America there is a succession of raised bog types along...

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Tertiary Hill Country

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Tertiary Hills, is an upland area with a moderate climate in the northern Alpine Foreland, which extends northwards as far as the River Danube. It is divided...

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Ammergau Alps

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Foreland downstream as far as Reutte. The Loisach borders the Ammergau Alps in the east, southeast and south from its exit into the Alpine Foreland upstream...

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Geology of Germany

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are the Upper Rhine Graben, the Mainz Basin and the Molasse Basin (Alpine foreland trough). Special "subsidence areas" are the Nördlinger Ries and the...

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Anklet

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Age in temperate Europe, in an area roughly along the Danube, in the Alpine foreland, up the Rhine to the Atlantic, and also down the Rhône (Sherratt, 2001)...

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Old Bavarian Donaumoos

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The Old Bavarian Donaumoos (German: Altbayerisches Donaumoos) is an old fen on the southern side of the Danube, southwest of Ingolstadt, Bavaria, in the...

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Riss glaciation

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Holstein interglacial (known as the Mindel-Riss interglacial in the Alpine Foreland and corresponding to the Samerbe, Thalgut, Praclaux and La Côte). Its...

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Prealps East of the Mur

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eastern foothills of the Alpine crest beyond the Mur river and the adjacent southeastern Alpine Foreland. According to the Alpine Club classification of...

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