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The Tertiary Hill Country (german: Tertiärhügelland or ''Tertiäres Hügelland''), also called the Tertiary Hills, is an upland area with a moderate climate in the northern
The Tertiary Hill Country as a hydrogeological subregion
(pdf file; 172 kB) {{coord missing, Bavaria Regions of Bavaria Geology of Germany
The Tertiary Hill Country (german: Tertiärhügelland or ''Tertiäres Hügelland''), also called the Tertiary Hills, is an upland area with a moderate climate in the northern Alpine Foreland
The Alpine Foreland, less commonly called the Bavarian Foreland,Dickinson, Robert E (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, pp. 585-586. . Bavarian Plateau or Bavarian Alpine Foreland (german: Bayerisches ...
, which extends northwards as far as the River Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
. It is divided into two simple contiguous regions that are separated by the valley of the Lower Inn which itself is not usually counted as part of the Tertiary Hills. In Germany (Bavaria), the Lower Bavarian Upland
The Lower Bavarian Upland, Lower Bavarian Hill Country (German: ''Niederbayerisches Hügelland'') or Lower Bavarian Hills, are part of the tertiary ''Hügelland'' or hill country south of the River Danube and cover much of the land within the Bava ...
is its larger northwestern element; in Upper Austria
Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...
it forms the Hausruckviertl Mountain and Hill Country (also called the Upper Austrian Hill Country or ''Oberösterreichisches Hügelland''). From a natural region
A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate.
From the ecology, ecological point of view, the naturally occurring fl ...
al perspective, depending on the definition, it forms one or two 3rd level natural regions.
The Tertiary Hill Country is bordered to the west, south and southeast by old moraine
Old and Young Drift are geographic names given to the morainic landscapes that were formed in Central Europe; the Old Drift during the older ice ages and the Young Drift during the latest glaciations – the Weichselian in North Germany and th ...
gravel plateaux, that also form 3rd order major regions in the northern Alpine Foreland:
* the Iller-Lech Plateau
The Iller-Lech Plateau (german: Donau-Iller-Lech-Platte), also known as the Upper Swabian Plateau (''Oberschwäbische Hochebene''), is one of the natural regions of Germany.
Boundaries
In the northwest the Iller-Lech Plateau borders on the Sw ...
to the west
* the Isar-Inn gravel plateaux in the western south
* the Traun-Danube-Enns gravel plateaux in the eastern south and to the east.
External links
The Tertiary Hill Country as a hydrogeological subregion
(pdf file; 172 kB) {{coord missing, Bavaria Regions of Bavaria Geology of Germany