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Eastern Upper Lusatia

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Eastern Upper Lusatia (Östliche Oberlausitz) is a natural region in Saxony and, in a broader sense, part of the Western Sudetes range. [1]

25 relations: Basalt, Carpinus betulus, Galium sylvaticum, Görlitz, Geochore, Granite, Königshain Hills, Lava field, Lignite, Loess, Lusatian Highlands, Lusatian Neisse, Moraine, Natural regions of Saxony, Oak, Phonolite, Saxon Loess Fields, Sudetes, Tertiary, Tilia cordata, Upper Lusatian Gefilde, Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape, Volcanism, Zittau, Zittau Mountains.

Basalt

Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.

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Carpinus betulus

Carpinus betulus, commonly known as the European or common hornbeam, is a hornbeam native to Western Asia and central, eastern, and southern Europe, including southern England.

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Galium sylvaticum

Galium sylvaticum, commonly known as Scotch mist or wood bedstraw, is a plant species of the genus Rubiaceae.

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Görlitz

Görlitz (Upper Lusatian dialect: Gerlz, Gerltz, and Gerltsch, Zgorzelec, Zhorjelc, Zgórjelc, Zhořelec) is a town in the German federal state of Saxony.

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Geochore

Geochores (Greek γῆ gé "the earth" and χώρα chora "area") are relatively large landscape areas with similar – but owing to their size not fully uniform – characteristics.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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Königshain Hills

The Königshain Hills (Königshainer Berge, Upper Sorbian: Limas) lie in Eastern Upper Lusatia west of the town of Görlitz in the county of the same name.

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Lava field

A lava field, also called a lava plain or lava bed, is a large expanse of nearly flat-lying lava flows.

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Lignite

Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat.

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Loess

Loess (from German Löss) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.

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Lusatian Highlands

The Lusatian Highlands at www.silvaportal.info.

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Lusatian Neisse

The Lusatian Neisse (Lužická Nisa; Lausitzer Neiße; Nysa Łużycka; Upper Sorbian: Łužiska Nysa; Lower Sorbian: Łužyska Nysa), or Western Neisse, is a long river in Central Europe.

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Moraine

A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (regolith and rock) that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions on Earth (i.e. a past glacial maximum), through geomorphological processes.

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Natural regions of Saxony

The classification of natural regions of Saxony shown here was produced between 1994 and 2001 by a working group called "Ecosystem and Regional Character" (Naturhaushalt und Gebietscharakter) at the Saxonian Academy of Sciences in Leipzig as part of the research and development project "Natural Regions and Natural Region Potential of the Free State of Saxony" (Naturräume und Naturraumpotentiale des Freistaates) at a scale of 1:50,000 as the basis for the rural development and regional planning.

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Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.

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Phonolite

Phonolite is an uncommon volcanic rock, of intermediate chemical composition between felsic and mafic, with texture ranging from aphanitic (fine-grain) to porphyritic (mixed fine- and coarse-grain).

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Saxon Loess Fields

The Saxon Loess Fields (Sächsisches Lössgefilde) refer to a natural region that lies mainly within the state of Saxony in central Germany.

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Sudetes

The Sudetes (also known as the Sudeten after their German name; Czech: Krkonošsko-jesenická subprovincie, Sudetská subprovincie, subprovincie Sudety, Sudetská pohoří, Sudetské pohoří, Sudety; Polish: Sudety) are a mountain range in Central Europe.

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Tertiary

Tertiary is the former term for the geologic period from 65 million to 2.58 million years ago, a timespan that occurs between the superseded Secondary period and the Quaternary.

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Tilia cordata

Tilia cordata (small-leaved lime, occasionally littleleaf linden or small-leaved linden) is a species of Tilia native to much of Europe.

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Upper Lusatian Gefilde

The Upper Lusatian Gefilde (Oberlausitzer Gefilde or sometimes Bautzener Gefilde, Upper Sorbian: Hornjołužiska pahórčina) is a natural region in Saxony near the German tripoint with the Czech Republic and Poland.

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Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape

The Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape (also... District or... Lake District, Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichgebiet) is a natural region in Saxony.

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Volcanism

Volcanism is the phenomenon of eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of the Earth or a solid-surface planet or moon, where lava, pyroclastics and volcanic gases erupt through a break in the surface called a vent.

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Zittau

Zittau (Žitava, Żytawa, Žitawa) is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, very close to the border tri-point of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

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Zittau Mountains

The Zittau Mountains (Zittauer Gebirge), formerly also called the Lusatian Ridge (Lausitzer Kamm, Czech. Žitavské hory), refer to the German part of the Lusatian Mountains that straddle the Saxon-Bohemian border in the extreme southeast of the German state of Saxony.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Upper_Lusatia

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