The Salzungen Werra Upland () is a

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that forms part of the

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in the German states of

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and

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Location

The Salzungen Werra Upland lies on either side of the

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near

Bad Salzungen Bad Salzungen () is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wartburgkreis district. Geography Location Bad Salzungen is situated on the river Werra, east of Tiefenort and south of Eisenach. Divisions In July 2018 the form ...

. It has a plateau-like character, lies at a height of between 350 and and extends from the northwestern

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(to the east), to the

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(to the west) and the forest of

Seulingswald The Seulingswald (also called the Sillingswald) is a hill range in the German Central Uplands which reaches heights of up to . It is part of the Fulda-Werra Uplands in the East Hesse Highlands within the Hessian county of Hersfeld-Rotenburg; ...

(to the northwest). It accompanies the River Werra on both sides from

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to Vacha, continuing on its right bank only as far as

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Geology

The upland's main rock is

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, from which emerge several, less volcanic ''

kuppen A ''Kuppe'' is the term used in German-speaking central Europe for a mountain or hill with a rounded summit that has no rock formation, such as a tor, on it. A range of such hills is called a ''Kuppengebirge''. In geology the term also refers to ...

'' like the

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and Stoffelskuppe, whose phenotype presages the Kuppen Rhön that lies to the west. Salt tectonics have resulted in hollows and

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Natural regions

The Salzungen Werra Upland is a major natural region unit (no. 359) within the major unit group of the

(number 35 or D47). The valleys of the Werra and Suhl, which mainly run in a northwesterly direction, divide the upland into 3

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mountain regions, of which only the central Frauensee Hills (''Frauenseer Hügelland'') are independent.Map
an

of the natural regions in the East Hesse Highlands (35) with the Hessian parts of the Salzungen-Werra Upland (359) in the ''Umweltatlas Hessen'' by the Hessian State Office for the Environment and Geology - ''beware: the web links are not backtrackable!'' 359 Salzungen Werra Upland (''Salzunger Werrabergland'') * 359.0 Stadtlengsfeld Hill Country (''Stadtlengsfelder Hügelland'') ** 359.00 ''Eastern Slopes of the Kuppen Rhön'' (''Ostabdachung der Kuppenrhön'')Official name unknown – source required: W. Röll: ''Geographische Landesaufnahme: Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 126 Fulda'' – Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg 1969 (''inter alia'' with the

and Stoffelskuppe as well as the lower reaches of the

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) ** 359.01 Lower

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valley (''Unteres Ulstertal'') * 359.1 Salzungen-Herleshausen Werra Valley (''Salzungen-Herleshausener Werratal'') ** 359.10 Salzungen Basin (''Salzunger Becken'') ** 359.11 Dorndorf-Heringen Werra Valley (''Dorndorf-Heringer-Werratal'') ** 359.12 Berka Basin (''Berkaer Becken'') ** 359.13 Neustädt-Hörschel Werra Valley (''Neustädt-Hörscheler Werratal'') * 359.2 Frauenseer Hill Country (''Frauenseer Hügelland'') * 359.3 ''

Suhl Suhl () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located SW of Erfurt, NE of Würzburg and N of Nuremberg. With its 37,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the six urban districts within Thuringia. Together with its northern neighbour-town Zella ...

-Fischgraben Valleys''Das ''Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands'' (4. und 5. Lieferung – Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, E. Meynen und J. Schmithüsen, Remagen, 1957) speaks in his, earlier, coarser division of the Suhl Valley (''Suhltal'') and Basin of Mohra (''Becken von Möhra''). * 359.4 Oberelle Hill Country (''Obereller Hügelland'')

Mountains and hills

Among the mountains and hills of the Salzungen Werra Upland are the following − with heights in metres above

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(NN):

Rivers and streams

Among the

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s and streams (all in the

catchment) of the Salzungen Werra Upland are the following (downstream from south to north, with lengths in kilometres and mouth locations):

References

External links

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landscape fact files *
Salzungen Werra Upland less Werra valley
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