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Weser-Aller Plains and Geest

Geography of Lower SaxonyNorth German PlainRegions of Lower Saxony

The Weser-Aller Plains and Geest (German: Weser-Aller-Flachland) is a natural regional unit of the North German Plain in Germany. It extends over most of the southern catchment of the Aller including the lower reaches of the Oker and Leine and is bounded in the west by the Middle Weser. It is also bounded, from a natural region perspective, by the Stade Geest, the Luneburg Heath, the Wendland and the Altmark in the north; in the east by the Central German Black Earth Region (Mitteldeutsches Schwarzerdegebiet), in the south by the Northern Harz Foreland and Lower Saxon Börde and, in the west, by the Dümmer-Geest Lowland and Ems-Hunte Geest. In the BfN numbering scheme it is number D31.

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Burgdorf-Peine Geest

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