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The Leipzig Bay〔Dickinson (1964), p. 29.〕〔(''Utrata Fachwörterbuch: Geographie - Englisch-Deutsch/Deutsch-Englisch'' ) by Jürgen Utrata (2014). Retrieved 10 Apr 2014.〕((ドイツ語:Leipziger Tieflandsbucht)) or Leipzig Basin 〔http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/335462/Leipzig〕 or Saxon Lowland〔Dickinson (1964), p. 37.〕 or Saxon Bay〔 is a relatively lakeless and highly fertile landscape in Germany, in northwestern Saxony and southeastern Saxony-Anhalt. This region was originally covered with lakes, dense forests lakes and rivers. In the course of urbanization and lignite open pit mining, large areas were deforested and many rivers and streams canalised or diverted. The Leipzig Bay is bounded to the north by the Düben Heath, to the east by the River Elbe, to the south by the Ore Mountain Foreland and the Central Saxon Hills, and by the River Saale to the west. The conurbation formed by the two cities of Leipzig and Halle lies in the centre of the Leipzig Bay. Other important towns are Delitzsch, Eilenburg, Merseburg and Borna. == Geology == The Leipzig Bay is a Young Drift landscape and the southernmost part of the North German Plain. The landscape is essentially a plain broken only by low eminences such as the Hohburg Hills and dissected by the valleys of the Saale, White Elster Mulde and Pleiße rivers. The Leipzig Bay was formed during the Tertiary period. When the Ore Mountains and Vogtland were uplifted, a basin was formed as a compensating movement, into which weathering material from the mountain ranges was deposited. As a result of the creation of bogs and variable flooding, organic material was also deposited in this basin, which in turn was overlaid by sediments. Brown coal or lignite was formed from these deposits, which is covered by layers of sand and loess.〔(''Geologische Übersichtskarte 1 : 200,000, Sheet CC 4734 Leipzig''. Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leipzig Bay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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