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South German Scarplands

The South German Scarplands[1] is a geological and geomorphological natural region or landscape in Switzerland and the south German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. The landscape is characterised by escarpments.

  1. ^ Dickinson (1964), pp 564-584.

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