Schwetzinger sand
| Schwetzinger sand | |||
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| Greater region 2nd order | 20–24 → Upper Rhine lowlands |
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| Main unit group | 22 → Northern Upper Rhine Lowland |
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| 4th order region (main unit) |
224 → Neckar-Rhine plain |
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| Natural area characteristics | |||
| Landscape type | Sand and gravel areas | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 49 ° 22 '58.8 " N , 8 ° 33' 7.2" E | ||
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| circle | Rhein-Neckar district , Mannheim | ||
| state | Baden-Württemberg | ||
The Schwetzinger Sand describes a natural sub-unit (224.1) of the main unit Neckar-Rhine Plain (224) within the Upper Rhine Plain . It extends on a low terrace that is narrow in west-east direction, delimiting the Speyer lowlands with the Rhine to the east , from the south between Ketsch (W) and Oftersheim (O) via Brühl (W) and Schwetzingen (O) to the north extends into the south-eastern Mannheim districts of Rheinau (W) and Friedrichsfeld (O).
In this area there are numerous fields of drift sand and inland dunes placed on the gravel of the low terrace , which can be up to 10 meters high in the north. They are partly covered by special forest formations, primarily pine forests , but are also used intensively as industrial areas and for agricultural purposes - often through special crops (such as asparagus or tobacco ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)