Saxon Loess Fields
Introduction The '''Saxon Loess Fields''' () refer to a natural region that lies mainly within the state of Saxony in central Germany. In addition, small areas of this region extend to the northwest and west into Saxony-Anhalt (the land around Weißenfels), to the southeast into Thuringia (the region around Altenburg) and to the northeast into Brandenburg. It more-or-less combines the BfN's major regions listed as D19 '''Saxon Upland and Ore Mountain Foreland''', (''Sächsisches Hügelland und Erzgebirgsvorland'') and D14, Upper Lusatia (''Oberlausitz''); only the range of Central Uplands hills, the Lusatian Mountains, has been excluded and instead forms part of the Saxon Highlands and Uplands (''Sächsisches Bergland und Mittelgebirge'').
Natural regions The following list breaks down the region into major units based on Meynen (three-figure numbers). New major units, that combine the earlier ones, are arranged above these without any preceding numbers (Locations defined in brackets). * '''Saxon Loess Fields'''** (major groupings no longer used)*** 44 (=D14) Upper Lusatia (except 441 - ''Lusatian Highlands'')**** Eastern Upper Lusatia***** 440 ''Neiße trough'' (east and south)***** 442 ''East Lusatian Foothills'' (west)**** 444 Upper Lusatian Fields**** West Lusatian Upland and Highlands***** 443 ''West Lusatian Foothills'' (southeast to northeast)** D 19 '''Saxon Upland and Ore Mountain Foreland''' *** 46 '''Saxon Upland''' or '''Saxon Uplands''' (including ''Leipziger Land'')**** (continuation of the ''West Lusatian Upland and Highlands'')***** 461 ''Lusatian Plateau'' (west)**** 460 Dresden Basin**** 462 Großenhain Pflege **** 463 Central Saxon Loess Upland**** North Saxon Plateau and Upland***** 464 ''Oschatz Upland'' (east) ***** 465 ''Grimma Porphyric Upland'' (west)**** 466 Altenburg-Zeitz Loess Upland**** 467 Leipziger Land*** 45 Ore Mountain Foreland**** 450 Mulde Loess Hills**** 451 Ore Mountain Basin***** 452 ''Upper Pleißeland'' (west of the basin; nowadays usually counted as part of it)
See also *Natural regions of Germany
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