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| Federal state: | North Rhine-WestphaliaandLower Saxony |
| Natural regions: | Central Uplands Lower Saxon Hills Lower Weser Uplands |
| Highest hills: | 256 m abovesea level (NN):Steinegge 165 m abovesea level (NN):Schweichler Berg |
| Lowest point: | 41 m abovesea level (NN)(northernWeservalley) |
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TheRavensberg Basin(German:Ravensberger Mulde) orRavensberg Hills(Ravensberger Hügelland) is anatural regionin thegovernorate of Detmold(Ostwestfalen-Lippe) in the northeastern part of the German state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia;small elements also fall within the neighbouring state ofLower Saxony.It is part of the lowerWeser Uplandsand includes the hilly basin country between theWiehen Hillsin the north,Lippe Uplandsin the east,Teutoburg Forestin the south andOsnabrück Hillsin the west. The heart of the Ravensberg Basin is almost coincident with the cultural region of theRavensberg Land.
See also
edit- County of Ravensberg
- Ravensberg Land
- Ravensberg Castle
- Minden-Ravensberg(old administrative unit)
Sources
edit- Adolf Schüttler:Das Ravensberger Land.Aschendorff, Münster 1986.
- Emil Meynen (Hrsg.):Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands.Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen 1959-1962 (Teil 2, enthält Lieferung 6-9), ISBN B0000BJ19F