Weper
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Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
Range coordinates | 51°41′25″N 9°49′6″E / 51.69028°N 9.81833°E |
Parent range | Leine Uplands, Lower Saxon Hills |
The Weper is a long, high ridge of hills up to 379 m above
Part of the Weper is a nature reserve with the same name which, with an area of 200 hectares (490 acres), is the large protected region of dry grassland in Lower Saxony.
Geography
The Weper, which lies in South
Description
The Weper, much of which is covered by the eastern part of the Hardegsen State Forest, is heavily wooded in its narrow south, but largely open in the more extensive north. On the western slopes in the Weper Nature Reserve large areas are kept artificially open in order to preserve the dry chalk grasslands with their rare plant and animal species. Prior to the 19th century virtually the whole of the Weper was open before it was reforested. In the north there is a glider airfield on south-southeast of the Tönniesberg and not far west of Nienhagen. On the Balos is the Sohnrey Hut (Sohnreyhütte), named after Heinrich Sohnrey who once lived in Nienhagen, from where the entire surrounding countryside can be viewed.
Hills
The hills and elevations of the Weper ridge include:
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Rivers
The rivers in and on the Weper ridge include (all in the catchment area of the Leine):
- Leine)
- Dieße (rises on the eastern edge of the Solling, passes the northwestern foothills of the Weper and is a south-southwestern tributary of the Ilme)
- Espolde (rises on the eastern edge of the Solling, passes the Weper to the west and south and is a western tributary of the Leine)
- Moore (rises on the eastern slopes of the Weper and flows eastwards. It is a western tributary of the Leine)
- Ummelbach (rises on the southeastern slopes of the Weper and flows eastwards. It is a northwestern tributary of the Espolde)
Towns and villages
The towns, villages and hamlets around the Weper ridge are:
(clockwise from the north)
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