The Moselle Eifel () forms the southeastern strip of the East Eifel to the left of the Moselle from the city of Trier downstream as far as Moselkern; in the southeast it does not reach as far as the Moselle Valley. It lies exclusively within the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and is a truncated highland, roughly half of which is forested. Geography Location The Moselle Eifel runs in a southwest to northeast direction, northwest along the Moselle river, sometimes away from the river, between Trier-Ehrang, at the confluence of the Kyll and the Moselle, and Moselkern at the confluence of the Elzbach with the same Rhine tributary. The hills of the Moselle Eifel are lower than those of the adjacent and very ancient Volcanic Eifel to the north and only exceed in a few places, reaching a maximum of at Schafstall near Bremm. On the far, southeastern side of the Moselle Valley with its many meanders and well known castles rises the somewhat higher hill range of the Hunsrück. Natural region grouping The Moselle Eifel forms a major natural region unit (270) within the major unit group of the East Eifel (no. 27) die Haupteinheit Moseleifel (270) and has the BfN no. 27001. It is divided as follows: 270 Moselle Eifel (Moseleifel, 790.0552 km²) 270.0 Eastern Moselle Eifel (Östliche Moseleifel, 269.3467 km²) 270.00 Elz Valley (Elztal, 26.7871 km²) 270.01 Kaiseresch Eifel Perimeter (Kaisersescher Eifelrand, 104.1525 km²) 270.02 Gevenich Upland (Gevenicher Hochfläche, 138,4071 km²) 270.1 Lower Ueßbach Valley (Unteres Ueßbachtal, 20.6023 km²) 270.2 Kondelwald (24.8771 km²) 270.3 Öffling Upland (Öfflinger Hochfläche, 136.6507 km²) 270.4 Middle Lieser Valley (Mittleres Liesertal, 25.7156 km²) 270.5 Southern Volcanic Eifel (Südliche Vulkaneifel, 164.1671 km²) 270.50 Daun-Manderscheid Volcanoes (Daun-Manderscheider Vulkanberge, 83.5247 km²) 270.51 Daun Maar Region (Dauner Maargebiet, 80.6424 km²) 270.6 Wittlich Hedge Land (Wittlicher Heckenland, 105.9256 km²) 270.60 Naurath Horst (Naurather Horst, 19.8545 km²) 270.61 Arenrath Upland (Arenrather Hochfläche, 15.2233 km²) 270.62 Littgen Upland (Littgener Hochfläche, 70.8478 km²) 270.7 Meulenwald (42.7701 km²) The Moselle Eifel lies between these major natural regional units looking downstream along the Moselle: in the direction of the Eifel: 260 Mosel-Saar-Gau and East Luxembourg Gutland (Ostluxemburger Gutland) – the southwestern part of the Moselle Eifel, from Trier-Ehrang to Binsfeld 277 Kyllburg Forest Eifel (Kyllburger Waldeifel) – middle section of the Moselle Eifel, from Niederkail to Waldkönigen 276 Limestone Eifel (Kalkeifel) – middle section of the Moselle Eifel, near Waldkönigen 271 Eastern High