Kocher-Jagst Plains

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The Kocher-Jagst plains are a natural area of ​​the Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten (main unit 12) in the south-west German layer level country . You have number 126 in the systematics of the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany .

Jagsttal near Langenburg

Natural structure

In the individual sheets 1: 200,000 Karlsruhe (1952) and Rothenburg od Tauber (1962) of the geographic survey of the Federal Institute for Regional Studies , the Kocher-Jagst levels were subdivided as follows:

  • 126 Kocher-Jagst levels
    • 126.1 Neudenauer Hill
    • 126.2 Jagsttal
      • 126.20 Lower Jagsttal
      • 126.21 Middle Jagsttal
    • 126.3 Kocher Valley
      • 126.30 Lower Kocher Valley
      • 126.31 Middle Kocher and Lower Bühlertal
    • 126.4 Western Kocher-Jagst Plains
      • 126.40 Seckach-Kessach-Riedel
      • 126.41 Hardth houses forest
      • 126.42 Schöntaler Buchwald
      • 126.43 Ohrnwaldriedel
    • 126.5 Middle Kocher-Jagst planes
      • 126.50 Krautheimer Jagstriedel
      • 126.51 Drier room plate
    • 126.6 Eastern Kocher-Jagst Plain
      • 126.60 Eastern Kocher-Jagst-Riedel
      • 126.61 Bartenstein-Langenburg platters

Adjacent natural areas are:

geology

The area is characterized by the two main bodies of water, the Kocher and Jagst . Their flood-prone valleys are essentially divided into two sections: In the area of ​​a tectonic bulge in the central part, the valleys are deeply buried by the entire Muschelkalk , the side waters have a steep gradient and have clear gravel compartments. In the peripheral areas, the valleys are less deeply buried in the main shell limestone and form loops, rocky impact slopes and surrounding mountains .

As part of the north-eastern Gäuplatten, the Kocher-Jagst Plains occupy a middle position between the Heckengäu landscapes of the Tauberland and the Korngäu landscapes of the Hohenloher-Haller Plain. From west to east, the surface area increases from 250 m to 450 m. The western, lower part is partially covered with loess. On the plateaus the Lettenkeuper has partly survived in heavily ragged riedeln .

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Individual evidence

  1. Josef Schmithüsen : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 161 Karlsruhe. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1952. →  Online map (PDF; 5.1 MB)
  2. Wolf-Dieter Sick : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 162 Rothenburg o. D. Deaf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. →  Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)