Linderhauser back
| Linderhauser back | |||
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| Systematics according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | ||
| Greater region 1st order | Low mountain range threshold | ||
| Greater region 2nd order | Rhenish Slate Mountains | ||
| Main unit group | 33 → Süderbergland |
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| About main unit | 337 → Bergisch-Sauerland lowlands |
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| 4th order region (main unit) |
337 1 → Bergisch-Märkisches hill country |
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| 5th order region | 337 1 .3 → Wuppertal Valley |
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| Natural space |
337 1 .32 → Linderhauser back |
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| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 18 ′ 8 ″ N , 7 ° 17 ′ 19 ″ E | ||
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| Local area | Linderhausen | ||
| local community | Gevelsberg , Schwelm | ||
| state | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
The Linderhauser Ridge is a small-scale natural space unit with the order number 337 1 .32 in the urban area of the Westphalian cities Schwelm (district Linderhausen ) and Gevelsberg within the Wuppertal valley .
The elongated ridge (280 m) occupies the north Schwelms and the far west of Gevelsberg and separates by its special folding the south to Schwelmer Massenkalktal (Biogeophysical unit 337 1 .30) from the northern Linderhauser Valley (Biogeophysical unit 337 1 .31). It consists of Middle Devonian , gray-blue and often calcareous Lenne slate .
The Linderhauser ridge protrudes as an island wooded with beech , oak and spruce from the lower lying (200 m) karst limestone . The Schwelmer Tunnel and the Linderhauser Tunnel pierce the ridge.