The Haltern Hills (german: Halterner Berge)
[E. Meynen and J. Schmithüsen: ''Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands'' - Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, 6th edition Remagen 1959 (total of 9 deliveries of 8 books 1953-1962, updated 1:1,000,000 map of major units, 1960)] comprise the three ridges of
Hohe Mark (146 m),
Borkenberge (133 m) and
Haard (154 m) located respectively northwest, east and south of the German town of
Haltern am See in
Westphalia. They are the only
submontane
Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills and the adjacent topograp ...
subunit in the major natural region of Westmünsterland, and are found in the southeast of the region. Immediately to the east is the southwestern part of the
Kernmünsterland, also part of the
Westphalian Lowland.
They are separated by the valleys of the rivers
Lippe (northern boundary of the Haard with the other two ridges) and a line from the
Halterner Mühlenbach
Halterner Mühlenbach (in its upper course: ''Heubach'') is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Its upper course is the ''Heubach'', which splits up into the Umflut and the river now called Halterner Mühlenbach. The Umflut later reunite ...
via the
Halterner Stausee and
Stever river to its confluence (eastern boundary of the Hoher Mark with the ''Borkenbergen'').
The Haltern Hills, including the valleys that separate them, have an area of 283 km²
Landscape fact file for the Haltern Hills and its valleys
Bundesamt für Naturschutz in the southeast of the Hohe Mark Nature Park.
References
Münster (region)
Geography of North Rhine-Westphalia
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