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Landscapes and Landforms of Germany

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  • Nov 2025

Overview

Editors:
  1. Frank Lehmkuhl

    1. Department of Geography, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

  2. Margot Böse

    1. Department of Earth Sciences, Physical Geography, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  3. Michael Krautblatter

    1. TUM School of Engineering and Design, Chair of Landslide Research, Technische Universität München, München, Germany

  • Describes geological, climatic, fluvial, and anthropogenic influences on landscape and landforms
  • Focuses on the natural landscapes and landforms of Germany
  • Includes many detailed figures and maps of various sub-regions

Part of the book series: World Geomorphological Landscapes (WGLC)

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This book covers the Landscapes and Landforms of Germany. It first gives a detailed overview of the geology and regional classification of the landscapes, including the past and present landscape transformations before looking at geomorphological characteristics of individual subregions. These include Northern Germany, the Central Uplands of Germany, the Rhine Rift Valley and South German Scarplands, the Prealpine Area, and the German Alps.

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Frank Lehmkuhl

  • Department of Earth Sciences, Physical Geography, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Margot Böse

  • TUM School of Engineering and Design, Chair of Landslide Research, Technische Universität München, München, Germany

    Michael Krautblatter

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Landscapes and Landforms of Germany

  • Editors: Frank Lehmkuhl, Margot Böse, Michael Krautblatter

  • Series Title: World Geomorphological Landscapes

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-77875-9Due: 18 November 2025

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-77878-0Due: 18 November 2026

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-77876-6Due: 18 November 2025

  • Series ISSN: 2213-2090

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-2104

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 511

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 365 illustrations in colour

Keywords

  • geological landforms
  • geomorphological landforms
  • geomorphology of germany
  • drainage basin morphology
  • loess landscapes
  • alpine geomorphology
  • german coasts
  • rhine valley landscapes
  • danube valley landscapes
  • karst landscapes
  • alps

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