The Saar-Nahe Hills[1] or Saar-Nahe Uplands[2] (German: Saar-Nahe-Bergland or Saar-Nahe-Berg- und Hügelland) is a major natural region (major landscape unit group, level 3) in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland. The region of hills and mountains covers an area of 4,185 km²[3] (including the Sobernheim Valley) running from Saarbrücken, Kaiserslautern and the Palatine Forest in the south to the Hunsrück in the northeast. It contains the catchment area of the Nahe as far as Bad Kreuznach as well as small sections of the Middle Saar in the west.
Location and boundaries [link]
The Saar-Nahe Hills are located between the Hunsrück to the north-northwest, the Lower Nahe Land to the north, the Alzey Hills to the east-northeast (northwest edge of the Upper Rhine Plain, the Palatine Forest to the south and the Palatine-Saarland Muschelkalk Region to the west-southwest, the last-named lying on French soil in places.
It includes the river valleys of the Middle Saar in the southwest via Prims, Blies, Glan and Alsenz as far as the Lower Nahe to the northeast.
The largest town in the interior of the landscape is Idar-Oberstein in the north. Others include Kusel and St. Wendel in the centre and Birkenfeld nears its northeastern perimeter.
Considerably larger are the cities of Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern on its southern edge; Bad Kreuznach on the northern side is also worthy of mention. Kirchheimbolanden lies to the east on the far side of it.
References [link]
- ^ Elkins, T H (1972). Germany (3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. pp. 213-214. ASIN B0011Z9KJA.
- ^ Dickinson, Robert E (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, pp. 82-85 and 563. ASIN B000IOFSEQ.
- ^ Emil Meynen, Josef Schmithüsen: Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands. Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen/Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 Lieferungen in 8 Büchern, aktualisierte Karte 1:1.000.000 mit Haupteinheiten 1960).
External links [link]
- Landscape fact file (major landscape) of the landscape information systems of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz) – es finden sich auch Einzelsteckbriefe der Teillandschaften!
- Natural region table with area data by the Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for the Environment, Water Management and Trade Control (Landesamtes für Umwelt, Wasserwirtschaft und Gewerbeaufsicht Rheinland-Pfalz) (pdf; 250 kB)
- Detaillierte Gliederung (Seite 152ff) und Karte (Seite 155) fürs Saarland
- Landscape fact files by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
(In der Hauptsache behandeln Steckbriefe auf "19" (RP und SL) Teillandschaften, jedoch gibt es auch Abweichungen hiervon. Insbesondere bezeichnen die Titel der Steckbriefe nicht zwingend Naturräume, obgleich sie in der Regel mehrere solche zusammenfassen.
Im Zweifel sind die Grenzziehungen des RP-Kartendienstes und die der obigen Dokumente fürs Saarland die korrekten!)de:Saar-Nahe-Bergland
https://wn.com/Saar-Nahe_Hills
Upland
Upland or Uplands may refer to:
In Canada:
- Uplands Park, a park
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Uplands, Greater Victoria
Uplands, Victoria (known locally as "the Uplands") is an upper-class neighbourhood located in the north east part of the Municipality of Oak Bay, an adjacent suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and situated between the neighbourhoods of Cadboro Bay and North Oak Bay. Uplands is a prominent example of a garden suburb designed in the early part of the 20th century.
In 1907, the developers of Uplands, John A, Robert and Dawson Turner previously cattle and horse ranchers from Turner Valley Alberta and originally Scotland purchased the area for the sum of $275,000 and hired the leading landscape architect John Olmsted as the designer. Olmsted designed famous neighbourhoods and parks in North America. The Uplands of today is faithful to Olmsted's vision: an elegant neighbourhood with estate-sized lots, serpentine streets and the signature green, globed, ornate lamp posts. The houses are built to impress and the sprawling gardens are carefully manicured.
Uplands has a seaside setting and has within its boundaries the large Uplands Park. Uplands Park is not the manicured park of flower beds and walks that might be expected in such a meticulously designed garden suburb. Rather, it is a wild, seaside expanse of jagged rock crags, trees stunted and shaped by the wind, lonely heaths and dramatic ocean vistas. The wildness of Uplands Park contrasts sharply with the manicured lawns and flower beds in front of the mansions that line Beach Drive, the main road through Uplands.
Uplands (electoral ward)
Uplands is name of an electoral ward, a community and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The Uplands community does not have a community council.
The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Uplands, Brynmill, St. Helen's, Cwmgwyn, Ffynone, and The Lons. It is in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The ward is bounded by Sketty to the west, Townhill to the north, Castle to the east, and Swansea Bay to the south.
For electoral purposes Uplands is divided into the polling districts of: WU Uplands North, WV1 Glanmor, WV2 Glanmor, WW, WX St. Helens, WY 2647 and WZ Uplands South.
Uplands returns four councillors to the local City and County of Swansea Council.
2014 By-Election
Following the resignation of Pearleen Sangha in late September 2014, a by-election was called for the fourth seat in the ward. The Independent politician Peter May was elected with 32.8% of the vote.
2012 local council elections
The councillors elected in May 2012 were: Nick Davies, John Charles Bayliss, Neil Ronconi-Woollard and Pearleen Sangha, all of whom represent the Wales Labour Party. The results were:
