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The Rhine forms the eastern and northern boundary of the region, with the [[Nahe River]] to the west and the [[Haardt Mountains]] to the south. The [[Palatinate (wine region)|Palatinate wine region]] lies to the south, the [[Rheingau (wine region)|Rheingau]] lies across the Rhine to the north, and the [[Nahe (wine region)|Nahe wine region]] to the west. Known as the "land of the thousand hills", the terrain is undulating with vineyards mixed with orchards and other forms of farming. Its larger towns include: [[Mainz]], Worms, Bingen, [[Alzey]], [[Nieder-Olm]] and [[Ingelheim]].
In general the wines are best nearest the Rhine, where the soils impart more complex flavours. The best known area for white wines is the so-called Rhine Terrace (''Rheinterasse''; sometimes Rhine Front, ''Rheinfront'') between [[Oppenheim]] and [[Nackenheim]], which by itself is bigger than the whole of the Rheingau. A part of the Rhine Terrace, between Nackenheim and [[Nierstein]] is known as the Red Slope (''Roter Hang'') because of the presence of red [[slate]].<ref>[http://www.wein-plus.
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