The Baltic Ridge [1] ( German: Baltischer Landrücken or Nördlicher Landrücken ) is a chain of moraine hills about 200 km wide, which borders the southern coast of the Baltic Sea from Jutland to Estonia .
| Baltic ridge | |
|---|---|
 Aschberg on the Hutten Hills on the Baltic Highlands | |
| Highest point | |
| Highest peak | Vezhitsa |
| Highest point | 329 m |
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Content
- 1 Geography
- 2 Economics, tourism and landscape
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Geography
The hill, which reaches a height of 329 m (Mount Vezhitsa ), forms the western part of the East European Plain . In the north, it goes directly to the Gulf of Finland . In the east, it flows into the Belorussian ridge ; to the southeast, it gradually goes into the Polesie depression. To the south, the area adjoins the Vistula basin . In the west, the hill borders the North German Lowland.
The Odra , Vistula , Neman and Western Dvina rivers cross the Baltic ridge. Its main components are, from west to east, Angeln , Schwansen, Hütten, Danish Wald, Holstein Switzerland , Mecklenburg Switzerland , Pomeranian Lake Plateau (with Mount Vezhitsa), Masurian Lake District (with Sheske Hill) and Lower Lithuanian Ridge.
Economy, tourism and landscape
The low moraine landscape is quite fertile and supports highly productive agriculture. The chain of lakes and moraine ridges are popular holiday destinations. Some areas are largely covered by forests ( Schorf forest , Tukhol forests , Romintenskaya forest ).
See also
- the East European Plain
Notes
- ↑ Dickinson, Robert E. Germany: A regional and economic geography. - 2nd ed. - 1964.
Literature
- The Baltic Ridge // Great Russian Encyclopedia : [35 t.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.