Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest
Introduction The '''Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest''' (), (no. D63 or 40) is a natural region in Germany in the northeast of Bavaria. It mainly comprises the low mountain ranges of the Bavarian Forest and Upper Palatine Forest which are up to 1456 m high and border on the Bohemian Massif immediately inside the Czech Republic's southwestern border with Germany.
Division into geographical units *40 (=D63) Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest**400 Upper Palatine Forest - East**401 Upper Palatine Forest - West**402 Cham-Furth Depression **403 Bavarian Forest - North**404 Regen Depression **405 Bavarian Forest - South**406 Falkensteiner Vorwald**407 Lallinger Winkel **408 Passau Abteiland and Neuburg Forest **409 Wegscheid PlateauNeighbouring main unit groups are:* 39 (= D48) Thuringian-Franconian Highlands* 08 (= D61) Franconian Jura* 07 (= D62) Upper Palatine-Upper Main Hills* 06 Lower Bavarian Hills (part of D65)
Literature * Meynen, Emil (ed.) ''Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands.'' Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen 1953-1962 (Teil 1, enthält Lieferung 1-5), ISBN B0000BJ19E* Meynen, Emil (ed.) ''Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands.'' Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen 1959-1962 (Teil 2, enthält Lieferung 6-9), ISBN B0000BJ19F
External links *BfN natural region fact files:**Main highland backbone*** Upper Palatine Forest - East*** Bavarian Forest - North*** Wegscheid Plateau**Foothills and lowlands*** Upper Palatine Forest - West*** Cham-Furth Depression*** Regen Valley between Roding and Regensburg*** Lower Falkenstein Forest*** Regensburg Forest, Forstmühle and Waxenberg Forests*** Regen Depression*** Bavarian Forest - South*** Lallinger Winkel*** Passau Abteiland - North*** Passau Abteiland - South