Danube-Ablach plates

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Danube-Ablach plates
surface 939.60 km²dep1
Systematics according to Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany
Greater region 1st order 02–06 →
Alpine foothills
Greater region 2nd order 04-06 →
Northern Alpine Foreland
Greater region 3rd order 04 →
Donau-Iller-Lech-Platte
4th order region
(main unit)
040 →
Danube-Ablach plates
Geographical location
Coordinates 47 ° 59 '39.9 "  N , 9 ° 6' 56.3"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 59 '39.9 "  N , 9 ° 6' 56.3"  E
Danube-Ablach-Platten (Alpine foothills and Alps)
Danube-Ablach plates
Location Donau-Ablach-Platten
state Baden-Württemberg
Country Germany

The Danube-Ablach-Platten represent the main unit 040 of the Donau-Iller-Lech-Platte in the north according to the structure of the manual of the natural spatial structure of Germany by Meynen / Schmithüsen (1953–1962) and the refinements of the single sheets Sigmaringen, Ulm, Konstanz and Lindau Alpine foothills .

geology

The Danube - Ablach plates are part of the Altmoränenlandes and were through the cracks and mindelzeitlichen icing of the Rhine glacier marked. It is a slightly undulating hill country that was formed by glacier basins, meltwater channels and drumlins . The landscape is divided into three units, namely the old moraine region, the valleys of the large rivers draining to the Danube and the former glacier basins of the Riedling basin and the Federsee basin .

The geological basis is formed by the Upper White Jurassic and layers of the Tertiary . The typical soils are parabroun earths with great depth of decalcification and waterlogged soils in the valleys and depressions. Favorable soil conditions prevail on the moraine areas, and because of the favorable soil conditions, they are mainly used in arable farming. On the moraine ridges and on slopes, forestry is also of great importance; the original mixed deciduous forests have increasingly been replaced by spruce forests. In the damp and wet areas of the floodplains and basins, on the other hand, meadow and pasture farming is practiced.

geography

According to the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany, the Donau-Ablach-Platten have a size of 939.60 km². According to the definition of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg , they cover around 953 km². With a low population density of 110 inhabitants per km², around 104,000 people live there. The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation speaks of an area of ​​811 km². In the north-west the Albrand , in the south the Jungendmoränenwall and in the east the watershed between Danube and Riss border the Danube-Ablach-Platten. In the northeast, the extent of the natural area is determined by the furthest advance of the Rhine glacier. The old moraine rises from north (550 m) to south (700 m), but is dominated by the Swabian Alb in the north. The area is subdivided as follows:

  • 040 Danube-Ablach plates
    • 040.0 Riedling basin
      • 040.00 Danube valley floor of the Riedling basin
      • 040.01 Lower terrace eastwards to Mengen
      • 040.10 Old moraines north of the Danube
      • 040.11 Riedlinger plates
    • 040.2 Saulgau old moraine plates
      • 040.20 Unlinger plates
      • 040.21 kanzach plates
      • 040.22 Uttenweiler plates
      • 040.23 Schwarzachtal
      • 040.24 Fulgenstadt plates
      • 040.25 Federseer basin (Federseer Ried)
      • 040.26 East gutter
    • 040.3 Ablach-Andelsbach-Platten (Meßkircher Altmoränenplatten)
      • 040.30 Weithart plates (according to sheet 178 Sigmaringen) or Rosnaer plates (according to sheet 179 Ulm)
        • 040.300 Meßkircher Albsaum (Heubergsaum)
        • 040.301 Andelsbachplatten
      • 040.40 Heudorf-Zoznegger Bergland

natural reserve

The supraregional pressure to relax is low and only has an impact on the landscape in the vicinity of the Saulgau resort. The area is Altsiedelland. The nature conservation significance is low due to the high proportion of intensively used arable and meadow landscapes. Regionally important areas can, however, be the waterlogging sites and wetlands of the valleys. Most of the larger rivers are designed to be remote from nature. The high proportion of forest is mostly spruce-dominated and poor in species. The area share of nature conservation designations is correspondingly low:

Protected area shares % Total landscape area
FFH areas 1.96
European bird sanctuaries 0.97
Nature reserves 0.81
Other protected areas 0
Effective proportion of the protected area 2.93

Source: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, as of 2010

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emil Meynen , Josef Schmithüsen : Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany . Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen / Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 deliveries in 8 books, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960).

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