Landscape type

The term landscape type is used in connection with ecology as a synonym for ecosystem type, also sometimes as a generic term for ecozone , biome type or zonobiom , plant / vegetation formation and vegetation zone . Accordingly, you can z. B. "Moist medium widths" (eco-zone), "forest", "beech forest", "hard foliage vegetation" or "agricultural landscape" are also generalized as landscape types.

Concrete typifications

Nature and landscape protection

In terms of nature conservation , the term is used in the field of biotope and landscape protection for the delimitation and cataloging of various landscapes on the basis of natural spatial boundaries, land use and other landscape delimitations applicable to sub-areas. The landscape types are defined so that the terrain easily recognizable characteristic and landscape key elements in the foreground. Landscape qualities that are not obviously recognizable are not used for typing. The individual landscapes are assigned to one of 24 landscape types due to the similar characteristics of certain characteristics, which are categorized into the six basic types of coastal landscape , wooded and wooded landscapes , structured cultural landscapes , open cultural landscapes, mining landscapes and agglomeration .

Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) has divided Germany into a total of 856 landscapes, each of which can be assigned to one of 28 landscape types, including 3 types of coastal landscapes , 12 forest and wooded landscapes , 8 structured cultural landscapes and 3 types of open cultural landscapes . The landscapes are separated from them from an open pit proportion as 10% Mining Landscape typed and the 59 largest urban agglomerations are each as compression space typed. The demarcation, apart from the agglomeration areas, is clearly based on the natural spatial structure in the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany and subsequent publications. However, the specific tailoring and categorization are strongly geared towards the BfN's area of responsibility.

Web links

Landscape types in Germany - definition by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Schaefer: "Dictionary of Ecology", 4th edition. Spectrum, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-8274-0167-4
↑ In particular, the first three digits of the profile numbers usually designate the superordinate main unit ; A main unit usually contains one to three BfN landscapes , in exceptional cases up to five. In rare cases the landscapes are put together across main units, e.g. For example, the Wetterau profile includes both the Wetterau proper (main unit 234) and the neighboring Gießen basin (348.1; without the Gießen - Wetzlar conurbation ).

↑ Landscape profiles of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[1] Martin Schaefer: "Dictionary of Ecology", 4th edition. Spectrum, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-8274-0167-4

[2] In particular, the first three digits of the profile numbers usually designate the superordinate main unit ; A main unit usually contains one to three BfN landscapes , in exceptional cases up to five. In rare cases the landscapes are put together across main units, e.g. For example, the Wetterau profile includes both the Wetterau proper (main unit 234) and the neighboring Gießen basin (348.1; without the Gießen - Wetzlar conurbation ).

[DE_BFN-Steckbriefe-3] Landscape profiles of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[DE_BFN-Karten-4] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )