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The West Hesse Highlands ((ドイツ語:Westhessisches Bergland)), also known as the West Hessian Lowlands and Highlands (''Westhessisches Berg- und Senkenland''), refers to a heavily forested region of the Central Uplands in Germany that lies mostly within the state of Hesse, between those elements of the Rhenish Massif right of the Rhine in the west, the Weser Uplands to the north, the Hessian Central Uplands (part of the East Hesse Highlands) to the east and the Wetterau to the south. The West Hesse Highlands are one of the major natural regions of Germany (no. 34 or D46) and are part of the Central European Uplands as well as being the watershed between the Rhine and the Weser. They comprise a line of hill ranges in the west, running north-northeast to south-southwest on the shoulder of the Rhenish Massif and including the Kellerwald, and a fault trough in the east, the West Hesse Depression. The West and East Hesse Highlands or ''Hesse Highlands'' correspond to the geological unit known as the Hesse Depression〔Divided by Dickinson (1964) into the West and East Hesse Depressions and the Vogelsberg-Meissner and Spessart-Rhön Axes.〕 (''Hessischen Senke''), in its wider sense, because here geologically young layers of Zechstein and Bunter sandstone, and in places even younger rocks like Muschelkalk, of the Jurassic, Paleogene and Neogene periods, have been preserved. == Division of natural regions == The following geographical units (3-digit numbers) are taken from the Hesse Environmental Atlas (''Umweltatlas Hessen''):〔(Karte ) und (Beschreibung ) des Westhessischen Berglandes im Umweltatlas Hessen〕 * 34 West Hesse Lowlands and Highlands (''Westhessisches Berg- und Senkenland'') * * 340 Waldeck Upland (''Waldecker Tafel'' or ''Waldecker Tafelland'') * * * 340.0 Waldeck Plain (''Waldecker Gefilde'') * * * 340.1 Waldeck Forest (''Waldecker Wald'') * * 341 East Waldeck Border Lowlands (''Ostwaldecker Randsenken'') * * * 341.0 Middle Diemel Depression (''Mitteldiemelsenke') * * * 341.1 Rhoda Depression (''Rhoder Senken'') * * * 341.2 Volkmarsen Basin (''Volkmarser Becken'') * * * 341.3 Wolfhagen Hills (''Wolfhager Hügelland'') (including the Elsberg Ridge and the Isthaberg * * * 341.4 Naumburg Depression and Ridge (''Naumburger Senken und Rücken'') * * * 341.5 Wildungen Depression (''Wildunger Senke'') * * * 341.6 Hessenwald * * * 341.7 Löwenstein Bottom (''Löwensteiner Grund'') * * 342 Habichtswald Highlands (''Habichtswälder Bergland'') * * * 342.0 Habichtswald (including Langenberg) * * * 342.1 Habichtswald Depression (''Habichtswälder Senke'') * * * 342.2 Hinter Habichtswald Hills (''Hinterhabichtswälder Kuppen'') * * * 342.3 Dörnberg and Schreckenberge * * * 342.4 Malsburg Forest (''Malsburger Wald'') * * 343 West Hesse Depression (''Westhessische Senke'') * * * 343.0 Schwalm * * * 343.1 Landsburg Depression (''Landsburger Senke'') * * * 343.2 Hessengau * * * 343.3 Kassel Basin (''Kasseler Becken'') * * * 343.4 Hofgeismar Depression (''Hofgeismarer Rötsenke'') * * * 343.5 North Habichtswald Foreland (''Nordhabichtswälder Vorland'') * * 344 Kellerwald * * * 344.0 High Kellerwald (''Hoher Kellerwald'') * * * 344.1 Middle Kellerwald (''Mittelkellerwald'') * * * 344.2 Wildungen Highlands (''Wildunger Bergland'') * * * 344.3 Große Hardt * * * 344.4 Herzhausen-Hemfurth Eder Valley (''Herzhausen-Hemfurther Edertal'') * * * 344.5 Lower Kellerwald (''Niederkellerwald'') * * 345 Burgwald * * * 345.0 Wetschaft Depression (''Wetschaft-Senke'') * * * 345.1 Northern Burgwald (''Nördlicher Burgwald'') * * * 345.2 Southern Burgwald (''Südlicher Burgwald'') * * * 345.3 Wohra Valley (''Wohratal'') * * * 345.4 Buntstruth * * * 345.5 Frankenberg Upland (''Frankenberger Oberland'') * * 346 Upper Hessian Ridge (''Oberhessische Schwelle'') * * * 346.0 Gilserberg Heights (''Gilserberger Höhen'') * * * 346.1 Neustadt Saddle (''Neustädter Sattel'') * * * 346.2 Northern Vogelsberg Foreland (''Nördliches Vogelsberg-Vorland'') * * 347 Amöneburg Basin (''Amöneburger Becken'') * * * 347.0 Ohm Depression (''Ohmsenke'') * * * 347.1 Ebsdorf Bottom (''Ebsdorfer Grund'') * * 348 Marburg-Gießen Lahn Valley (''Marburg-Gießener Lahntal'') * * * 348.0 Marburg Highlands (including Marburg Ridge and Lahnberge) (''Marburger Bergland (mit Marburger Rücken und Lahnbergen)'') * * * 348.1 Giessen Basin (''Gießener Becken'') * * 349 Vogelsberg Foothills (''Vorderer Vogelsberg'') * * * 349.0 Lumda Plateau * * * 349.1 Ohm Valley (''Ohmtal'') * * * 349.2 Gießen Ridge (''Gießener Landrücken'') * * * 349.3 Laubach Hills (''Laubacher Hügelland'') 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「West Hesse Highlands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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