The Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains (german: Schwäbisches Keuper-Lias-Land) is a major natural region in southwest

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and includes the southwesternmost part of the

Keuper Uplands The Keuper Uplands (german: Keuperbergland or, more rarely ''Keuperwaldberge'') are part of the South German Scarplands and cover an area of about 3,200 square kilometres. The following regions belong to the Keuper Uplands (from southwest to nort ...

, which is bordered immediately to the north by the

Swabian Jura The Swabian Jura (german: Schwäbische Alb , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of ...

Natural regions

The Swabian Keuper lands are divided into three

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al groups and their 3-figure major units which are given 3-figure numbers: Map of the major natural regional groups with a list of the main units
(German) * 10 (=D58) Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains ** 100 Foreland of the western Swabian Jura (''Vorland der mittleren Schwäbischen Alb'') ** 101 Foreland of the central Swabian Jura (''Vorland der mittleren Schwäbischen Alb'') ** 102 Foreland of the eastern Swabian Jura (''Vorland der östlichen Schwäbischen Alb'') ** 103

Nördlinger Ries The Nördlinger Ries is an impact crater and large circular depression in western Bavaria and eastern Baden-Württemberg. It is located north of the Danube in the district of Donau-Ries. The city of Nördlingen is located within the depression, a ...

** 104 Schönbuch and Glemswald ***

Rammert The Rammert is a forested hill range, up to , in the Keuper Uplands of central Baden-Württemberg, which belongs to the natural region major unit of Schönbuch and Glemswald in the Swabian Keuper-Lias Land. It continues the Schönbuch to the sou ...

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Schönbuch Schönbuch is an almost completely wooded area south west of Stuttgart and part of the Southern German Escarpment Landscape (German: ''südwestdeutsches Schichtstufenland''). In 1972 the centre zone of Schönbuch became the first nature park in ...

*** Glemswald ** 105 Stuttgart Bay ** 106

Filder The Filder (plural) – also Filder Plain (german: Filderebene) – is a natural region (major unit no. 106) of the Swabian Keuper-Lias Land within the South German Scarplands. They form a gently rolling, fertile plateau in the German state of ...

** 107

Schurwald The Schurwald is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany, which at its highest point is 513.2 m above sea level. It is one of the most important Recreation areas for the Stuttgart area. Over the centuries, the vast forests ...

and

Welzheim Forest The Welzheim Forest (german: Welzheimer Wald) is a wooded, hill ridge, up to , in the counties of Rems-Murr, Ostalb and Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). Geography Location The Welzheim Forest lies just under 38 kilomet ...

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*** Lower Rems Valley ***

** 108 Swabian-Franconian Forest (''Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald'') ***

Heilbronn Hills The Heilbronn Hills (german: Heilbronner Berge) in the borough of Heilbronn with foothills in the county of Heilbronn are the northwestern outliers of the Lowenstein Hills in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg and reach a height of . ...

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Löwenstein Hills The Löwenstein Hills (german: Löwensteiner Berge) are a hill range up to , in the counties of Heilbronn, Ludwigsburg, Rems-Murr-Kreis and Hohenlohekreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. They are named after the town of Löwenstein. ...

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Mainhardt Forest The Mainhardt Forest is a hill range up to {{GeoQuelle, DE, BFN-Karten in the counties of Schwäbisch Hall and Heilbronn, Hohenlohekreis and Rems-Murr-Kreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is named after the municipality of Mainha ...

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Waldenburg Hills The Waldenburg Hills (german: Waldenburger Berge) are a forested hill range, up to , in the counties of Schwäbisch Hall and Hohenlohe in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg. At the same time the Waldenburg Hills are one of five woodland ...

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Murrhardt Forest The Murrhardt Forest (german: Murrhardter Wald) in the Baden-Württemberg county of Rems-Murr-Kreis is part of the natural region known as the Swabian-Franconian Forest. It reaches a maximum height of . at 1:10,000 scale. A lower value of m ...

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Limpurg Hills The Limpurg Hills (german: Limpurger Berge) are a hill range, up to , in the Swabian-Franconian Forest in the counties of Schwäbisch Hall and Ostalbkreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The majority of the region belonged formerly to ...

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Ellwangen Hills The Ellwangen Hills (german: Ellwanger Berge) are a hill ridge, up to , in the counties of Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall, Schwäbisch Hall and Ostalbkreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The name of the range comes from the town of Ell ...

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Virngrund The Virngrund (also called the Firngrund) is a historical landscape in the counties of Ostalbkreis and Schwäbisch Hall in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. it is forested in many places and up to . Geography Location Historic landsc ...

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- all landscapes with a five-digit number beginning with "10" belong to the Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains; the first three digits stand for the major unit.