Moselhunsrück
| Moselhunsrück | |
|---|---|
| Highest peak | Haardtkopf in the Haardtwald ( 658.5 m above sea level ) |
| location | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| part of | Hunsrück in the Rhenish Slate Mountains |
| Classification according to | The spatial structure of Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 3 ' N , 7 ° 15' E |
| Type | Low mountain range |
| rock | Hunsrück slate , greywacke , quartzite |
| Age of the rock | Lower Devon |
| surface | 279 km² |
The Moselhunsrück is the northern part of the Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate bordering the Moselle . It represents the transition area between the Hunsrück plateau and the Moselle valley .
geography
The Moselhunsrück is a natural sub-unit of the Hunsrück . Following the general south-west-north-east strike direction of the mountains, it forms a 479 km 2 irregular strip of almost 60 km length along the similarly aligned Middle Moselle valley in the west and the Hunsrück plateau in the east and south. In the north, near Koblenz , it borders on the Middle Rhine region and the Rheinhunsrück.
The Moselhunsrück natural area is further subdivided from south to north into Haardtwald , southwestern Moselhunsrück, Grendericher Riedelland and northeastern Moselhunsrück. The highest point is the Haardtkopf in the Haardtwald at 658.5 m .
The mountains of this region were not created by lifting individual masses from a low-lying plain, but rather by deep erosion which cut valleys and gorges into a coherent mass of mountains. The predominant rocks are slate and greywacke from the Lower Devonian, which are relatively less resistant to water.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c State Office for the Environment, Water Management and Trade Inspection Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.). The spatial structure of Rhineland-Palatinate . 1: 250,000. 2009. online (accessed August 19, 2020)
- ↑ a b c Natural spatial structure of Rhineland-Palatinate. List of natural spaces . State Office for the Environment, Water Management and Trade Inspection Rhineland-Palatinate (Ed.). 2010. According to source: Federal Research Center for Regional Studies and Spatial Affairs (Ed.): Geographical Land Survey 1: 200,000, Bonn, 1952–1978. online (accessed August 19, 2020)
- ↑ a b c Bruno Dietrich. Morphology of the Moselle area between Trier and Alf . 1910. ( online at archive.org)
- ↑ Landscape in Transition - Digital Topographical Map 1:25 000 (DTK25) from 1890 to 2019. State Office for Surveying and Geographic Base Information Rhineland-Palatinate (publisher) ( online , accessed on August 19, 2020)