The Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest (), (no. D63 or 40) is a natural region in Germany in the northeast of

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. It mainly comprises the low mountain ranges of the

Bavarian Forest image:Zell-bayerischer-wald.jpg, The village of Zell in the Bavarian Forest The Bavarian Forest ( or ''Bayerwald'' ; ) is a wooded, low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany, that is about 100 kilometres long. It runs along the Czech Republic, C ...

and

Upper Palatine Forest The Upper Palatine Forest ( or ''Böhmischer Wald''; , ) is a mountain range in Central Europe that is divided between the Czech Republic and Germany. It is a part of the larger Bohemian Massif and the German Central Uplands. Geography The ...

which are up to 1456 m high and border on the

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immediately inside the

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's southwestern border with

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Division into geographical units

*40 (=D63) Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest **400

- East **401

- West **402

Cham-Furth Depression The Cham-Furth Depression or Všeruby Highlands (, ) is a lowland in the Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest that separates the Upper Palatinate Forest from the Bavarian Forest. At the same time it connects the Upper Palatinate with Bohemia. The Ger ...

**403

- North **404 Regen Depression **405

- South **406 Falkensteiner Vorwald **407 Lallinger Winkel **408 Passau Abteiland and

Neuburg Forest The Neuburg Forest () is a largely forested hill ridge and natural region in Lower Bavaria in the county of Passau and the borough of Passau. It is named after the village of Neuburg am Inn. Geography The Neuburg Forest is actually a range o ...

**409 Wegscheid Plateau Neighbouring main unit groups are: * 39 (= D48)

Thuringian-Franconian Highlands The Thuringian-Franconian Highlands () are a natural region of Germany which is designated as D48 or 39 by the BfN. It consists mainly of a ridge of mountains up to just under 1,000 m high between the Central Upland areas of the Thuringian Forest ...

* 08 (= D61)

Franconian Jura The Franconian Jura ( , , or ) is an upland in Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Located between two rivers, the Danube in the south and the Main in the north, its peaks reach elevations of up to and it has an area of some 7053.8 km2. Emil Mey ...

* 07 (= D62) Upper Palatine-Upper Main Hills * 06 Lower Bavarian Hills (part of D65)

Literature

* Meynen, Emil (ed.) ''Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands.'' Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen 1953-1962 (Teil 1, enthält Lieferung 1-5), ISBN B0000BJ19E * Meynen, Emil (ed.) ''Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands.'' Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen 1959-1962 (Teil 2, enthält Lieferung 6-9), ISBN B0000BJ19F

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