The Westphalian Basin (D34) within the North(west) German Plain
The Westphalian Lowland,[1] also known as the Westphalian Basin[2] is a flat landscape that mainly lies within the German region of Westphalia, although small areas also fall within North Rhine (in the extreme southwest) and in Lower Saxony (on the northern periphery). Together with the neighbouring Lower Rhine Plain to the west, it represents the second most southerly region of the North German Plain, after the Cologne Bight. It is variously known in German as the Westfälische Bucht (Westphalian Bay), the Münsterländer or Westfälische Tieflands- or Flachlandsbucht (Münsterland or Westphalian Lowland or Plain).
The Westphalian Lowland consists of the individual regions of Münsterland, the Emscherland in the (western) south, and regions even further south that flank the Sauerland around the Hellweg.
The Westphalian Lowland is classified as a major unit group within the natural regions of Germany and is number 54 in the Handbook of the Natural Regional Divisions of Germany (Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands) and region D34 in the BfN system; both using the same boundaries.
^Dickinson, Robert E. (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen.
The WestphalianLowland, also known as the Westphalian Basin is a flat landscape that mainly lies within the German region of Westphalia, although small...
which partly separate it from that area of the Plain known as the WestphalianLowland. Elements of the Rhenish Massif also act a part of the southern boundary...
according to the southern theory in the hill country southeast of the WestphalianLowland. For almost 2,000 years, the site of the battle was unidentified...
the river Ems on both sides. The neighboring landscapes are the WestphalianLowland in the west, Hase valley in the north, the hilly Ravensberg Basin...
fertile Hellweg Börde north of the Haar hill range, part of the WestphalianLowland, the ducal lands primarily comprised mountainous and densely forested...
Dortmund (German: [ˈdɔɐ̯tmʊnt] ; Westphalian: Düörpm [ˈdyːœɐ̯pm̩]; Latin: Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne...
river in the eastern part of the Münsterland area. This area of the WestphalianLowland is characterized by agriculture. Because of its varying landscape...
subdivisions link to the villages after which they are named): (to 54 Westphalian Basin) (Westfälische Bucht) (to 541 Kernmünsterland) 541.3 Beckum Hills...
engineers to provide rubble. The Canadian advance continued across the WestphalianLowland, reaching the outskirts of Friesoythe, a strategic crossroads, on...
run from east to west, separating two major natural units: the WestphalianLowland including the Emscher Depression and Hellwegbörde in the north from...
Graben (or "Ruhr Graben") with the Cologne Lowland, the Münsterland Cretaceous Basin (WestphalianLowland), the Solling Block (Hessian Depression), the...
Münsterländer Kreidebecken (Münster Chalk Basin) of the Westphalian Bight. The Cologne Lowland is among the warmest regions in Germany. While the summers...
is the southwestern part of the Kernmünsterland, also part of the WestphalianLowland. They are separated by the valleys of the rivers Lippe (northern...
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Upper Rhenish Circle, the Electoral Rhenish Circle and the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle (very roughly equivalent to the present-day German federal state...
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