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==Uses== |
==Uses== |
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The Northern European Plain's main use is commercial farming, with little natural vegetation remaining. |
The Northern European Plain's main use is commercial farming, with little natural vegetation remaining. |
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== Geography== |
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Elevations vary between 0 and 200 m (about 0 to 650 ft). While mostly used as farmland, the region also contains [[bog]]s, [[heath (habitat)|heath]] and lakes. |
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On the [[North Sea]] coast one finds the [[Wadden Sea]], a large [[tide|tidal]] area. |
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On the [[Baltic Sea]] coast one finds the [[Szczecin Lagoon]], the [[Vistula Lagoon]] and the [[Curonian Lagoon]], a number of large freshwater lagoons. |
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==Location== |
==Location== |
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Revision as of 04:31, 7 February 2017
Uses
The Northern European Plain's main use is commercial farming, with little natural vegetation remaining.
Location
The North European Plain covers the territories of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Poland; it touches the Czech Republic and southwestern part of Sweden as well. Parts of eastern England can also be considered part of the same plain; as they share its low-lying character and were connected by land to the continent during the last ice age. The Northern European Plains are located also under the Baltic Sea.
Sub–regions
Baltic Lowland
Low Countries
Historically, especially in the Middle Ages and Early modern period, the western section has been known as the Low Countries.
North German Plain
The modern German part of the Northern European Lowlands is also known as the North German Plain. Much of the North German Plain lies less than 100 metres above sea level. On the North Sea coast, the plain is very flat and round composed mostly of marshes and mudflats. The offshore East Frisian Islands and North Frisian Islands are considered an extension of the North German Plain that was separated from the mainland after floods during the Middle Ages.
The entire federal-states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg and Berlin, as well as large parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia are located in this European geographic region.
Polish Plains
The part in modern-day Poland is called the "Polish Plain" (Template:Lang-pl or Nizina Polska) and stretches from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathians
External links
- Baltic Lagoons
- Lowlands-L, an international discussion community dealing with the North European Plain, its cultures, language varieties, history, etc.; also dealing with Lowlands-based heritage in Britain, North America, Australia, etc.
- Clickable map (in Russian)