The Süder Uplands''Siedlungsforschung: Archäologie, Geschichte, Geographie, Volumes 15-16''
(1997) by Verlag Siedlungsforschung, p. 47, Retrieved 15 May 2014. (german: Süderbergland, sometimes ''Südergebirge'' i.e. Süder Hills), form a major natural region (no. 33 or D38) of the

Rhenish Massif The Rhenish Massif, Rhine Massif or Rhenish Uplands (german: Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, : 'Rhenish Slate Uplands') is a geologic massif in western Germany, eastern Belgium, Luxembourg and northeastern France. It is drained centrally, south to ...

in the German states of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...

and northwestern

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Da ...

. They correspond roughly to the historic regions of the Sauerland, Bergisches Land, Siegerland and

Wittgenstein Land Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is considere ...

in NRW as well as the

Upland Upland or Uplands may refer to: Geography *Hill, an area of higher land, generally *Highland, an area of higher land divided into low and high points *Upland and lowland, conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level *I ...

and the extreme northwest of the

Hinterland Hinterland is a German word meaning "the land behind" (a city, a port, or similar). Its use in English was first documented by the geographer George Chisholm in his ''Handbook of Commercial Geography'' (1888). Originally the term was associated ...

in Hesse.

Mountain and hill ranges

The uplands include several mountain and hill ranges that are commonly referred to as the Sauerland: * Rothaar Mountains (''Langenberg'', 843 m) * Saalhausen Hills (''Himberg'', 688 m) *

Ebbe Mountains The Ebbe MountainsMalte-Brun, M. (1829). ''Universal Geography, Volume 7'', Wells & Lilley, Boston, p. 222. (german: Ebbegebirge) or Ebbe form a range of uplands up to high in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. They have given their na ...

(''Nordhelle'', 663 m) *

Lenne Mountains The Lenne Mountains (german: Lennegebirge), or Lenne Uplands (''Lennebergland''), is a range of hills up to high in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the Süder Uplands within the Rhine Massif. Geography Location The ...

(''Homert'', 656 m) * Plackwald (582 m) In listing these ranges the Bergisches Land with its 519 m high peak of ''Homert (Oberbergischer Kreis)'' is often counted. However these are foothills of the Ebbe Mountains, whilst the historic Bergisches Land lies on the slopes of the Süder Uplands as they gradually descend to the Rhine. In a similar way the highest elevations of the historic Siegerland (such as the 678 m high ''Riemen'') are not in the natural region of ''Siegerland'' (see major landscape units), but in the Rothaar Mountains. And the 633-metre-high ''Alte Burg'' lies geographically in the Siegerland, but is not the highest elevation of an independent ridge. Rather, it is part of the Siegerland Rothaar Foothills (''Siegerländer Rothaar-Vorhöhen''), which form the western slopes of the Rothaar Mountains. The Hessian Upland in turn is part of the Rothaar Mountains forming the eastern edge of the range.

References

External links

Bundesamt für Naturschutz – Landscape fact file for all parts of the Süder Uplands (33***)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suder Uplands Central Uplands Mountain ranges of North Rhine-Westphalia Mountain ranges of Hesse

Mountain and hill ranges

See also

References

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