The Saxon Loess Fields (german: Sächsisches Lössgefilde) refer to a

natural region A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecological point of view, the naturally occurring flora and ...

that lies mainly within the state of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

in central

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. In addition, small areas of this region extend to the northwest and west into

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

(the land around

Weißenfels Weißenfels (; often written in English as Weissenfels) is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle. History Perhaps the firs ...

), to the southeast into

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

(the region around Altenburg) and to the northeast into

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 square ...

. It more-or-less combines the

BfN The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (german: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, ''BfN'') is the German government's scientific authority with responsibility for national and international nature conservation. BfN is one of the government's ...

's major regions listed as D19 Saxon Upland and Ore Mountain Foreland, (''Sächsisches Hügelland und Erzgebirgsvorland'') and D14,

Upper Lusatia Upper Lusatia (german: Oberlausitz ; hsb, Hornja Łužica ; dsb, Górna Łužyca; szl, Gōrnŏ Łużyca; pl, Łużyce Górne or ''Milsko''; cz, Horní Lužice) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to th ...

(''Oberlausitz''); only the range of

Central Uplands The Central UplandsDickinson (1964), p.18 ff. (german: die MittelgebirgeN.B. In German die ''Mittelgebirge'' (plural) refers to the Central Uplands; das ''Mittelgebirge'' refers to a low mountain range or upland region (''Mittel'' = "medium" and ...

hills, the

Lusatian Mountains The Lusatian Mountains ( cs, Lužické hory; german: Lausitzer Gebirge; pl, Góry Łużyckie) are a mountain range of the Western Sudetes on the southeastern border of Germany with the Czech Republic. They are a continuation of the Ore Mountain ...

, has been excluded and instead forms part of the

Saxon Highlands and Uplands The Saxon Highlands and Uplands (german: Sächsisches Bergland und Mittelgebirge) refer to a natural region mainly in the south of Saxony with small elements also in southeast Thuringia and northeast Bavaria. It comprises, from (south)west to (nort ...

(''Sächsisches Bergland und Mittelgebirge'').

Natural regions

The following list breaks down the region into major units based on Meynen (three-figure numbers). New major units, that combine the earlier ones, are arranged above these without any preceding numbers (Locations defined in brackets).BfN map services
(in the map service "Landschaften" the individual landscape summaries are clickable, most of the regional divisions correspond to a major unit)Map of the natural regions of Saxony
at www.umwelt.sachsen.de (pdf, 859 kB) * Saxon Loess Fields ** (major groupings no longer used) *** 44 (=D14)

(except 441 - ''Lusatian Highlands'') **** Eastern Upper Lusatia ***** 440 ''Neiße trough'' (east and south) ***** 442 ''East Lusatian Foothills'' (west) **** 444 Upper Lusatian Fields **** West Lusatian Upland and Highlands ***** 443 ''West Lusatian Foothills'' (southeast to northeast) ** D 19 Saxon Upland and Ore Mountain Foreland *** 46 Saxon Upland or Saxon UplandsEU Regional Profile Report for Central Europe Project 1CE084P4 "ReSOURCE"
at www.central2013.eu, p. 37. Accessed on 27 Feb 2011. (including ''Leipziger Land'') **** (continuation of the ''West Lusatian Upland and Highlands'') ***** 461 ''Lusatian Plateau'' (west) **** 460 Dresden Basin **** 462 Großenhain Pflege **** 463 Central Saxon Loess Upland **** North Saxon Plateau and Upland ***** 464 ''Oschatz Upland'' (east) ***** 465 ''Grimma Porphyric Upland'' (west) **** 466 Altenburg-Zeitz Loess Upland **** 467 Leipziger Land *** 45 Ore Mountain Foreland **** 450 Mulde Loess Hills **** 451

Ore Mountain Basin The Ore Mountain BasinNatural regions of Germany This division of Germany into major natural regions takes account primarily of geomorphological, geological, hydrological, and pedological criteria in order to divide the country into large, physical units with a common geographical basis. Poli ...

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