Landscapes and Landforms of Germany

by Frank Lehmkuhl (Editor), Margot Böse (Editor), Michael Krautblatter (Editor)

Overview

This book covers the Landscapes and Landforms of Germany. It first gives a detailed overview of the geology and regional classification of the landscapes, including the past and present landscape transformations before looking at geomorphological characteristics of individual subregions. These include Northern Germany, the Central Uplands of Germany, the Rhine Rift Valley and South German Scarplands, the Prealpine Area, and the German Alps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031778759
Publisher:	Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication date:	09/26/2025
Series:	World Geomorphological Landscapes
Pages:	702
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 10.98(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1.Geology and regional classification of landscapes.- 2.Quaternary climate change: Glaciations and periglacial landscape transformation.- 3.The climate of Germany.- 4.Geomorphologies of the German North Sea coast.- 5.The ‘Geest’: NW Germany’s Pleisene base.- 6.Geomorphology of Schleswig Holstein.- 7.Behre, Peat bogs revised.- 8.Grube, Harburg Hills revised.- 9.Lüthgens, Schorfheide-Chorin area.- 10.Hardt, Berlin, revised.- 11.Kupetz Muskau Arch revised.- 12.Böse , Hardt, Lusatia lignite mines, revised.- 13.Zöller.- 14.Fischer et al.- 15.The Upper Rhine Graben: A diverse endogenic and exogenic shaped landscape.- 16.Hofmann.- 17.Tofelde Schwanghard_Drainage_reorganisation.