The Gehn is a small ridge of hills between

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and Ueffeln in Germany's

Central Uplands The Central UplandsDickinson (1964), p.18 ff. (german: die MittelgebirgeN.B. In German die ''Mittelgebirge'' (plural) refers to the Central Uplands; das ''Mittelgebirge'' refers to a low mountain range or upland region (''Mittel'' = "medium" and ...

, that are an extension of the

Wiehen Hills The Wiehen Hills (german: Wiehengebirge, , also locally, just ''Wiehen'') are a hill range in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. The hills run from west to east like a long finger away from the main upland area of the Lower Saxon ...

(german: Wiehengebirge). The ridge runs from northwest to southeast and is about long and an average of wide. The highest point is the Kettelberg which is high. The Gehn forms a link between the ''

'' and the

Ankum Heights The Ankum Heights (german: Ankumer Höhe), also called the Fürstenau Hills (''Fürstenauer Berge''), are a ridge of hills up to 140 m high in the western part of the state of Lower Saxony on the North German Plain. Geography The densel ...

(''Ankumer Höhe''). It is largely forested and is not - like the Ankum Heights- part of a series of

ice age An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and gree ...

terminal moraine A terminal moraine, also called end moraine, is a type of moraine that forms at the terminal (edge) of a glacier, marking its maximum advance. At this point, debris that has accumulated by plucking and abrasion, has been pushed by the front edge ...

s from the latest event of the

Saalian glaciation The Saale glaciation or Saale Glaciation, sometimes referred to as the Saalian glaciation, Saale cold period (german: Saale-Kaltzeit), Saale complex (''Saale-Komplex'') or Saale glacial stage (''Saale-Glazial'', colloquially also the ''Saale-Eiszei ...

, the so-called Drenthe I stage, but is a ridge of Jurassic rock that was pushed up during the folding towards the end of the

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...

period. Like the Wiehen Hills and the Ankum Heights, the Gehn belongs to the

North Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Hills Nature Park The TERRA.vita Nature Park (german: Naturpark TERRA.vita) is located in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia and is divided into northern and southern areas. The park is also known as the ''Osnabrück Land Nature Park'' and ...

(''Naturpark Nördlicher Teutoburger Wald-Wiehengebirge'').

Elevations

Amongst the main elevations on the Gehn are the: * Kettelsberg () * Gehnberg (108.1 m) * Heseper Berg (107.9 m) * Frettberg (105.9 m)

External links

F. Bailly, P. Felix-Henningsen, H. Klassen, S. Stephan: Synsedimentäre Paläo-Vertisole im Oberjura des westlichen Wiehengebirges
{{Coord, 52, 26, N, 7, 55, E, type:mountain_elevation:106_region:DE-NI, display=title Ridges of Lower Saxony Natural regions of the Lower Weser Uplands