Ebbe Mountains Explained

Ebbe Mountains
(Ebbegebirge)
Country:Germany
Subdivision3 Type:Districts
Subdivision1:North Rhine-Westphalia
Subdivision2 Type:Region
Subdivision2:Sauerland
Parent:Rhenish Massif
Highest:Nordhelle
Elevation M:663
Coordinates:51.1483°N 7.7564°W
Length Km:12

The Ebbe Mountains[1] [2] (German: Ebbegebirge) or Ebbe form a range of uplands up to high in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. They have given their name to the Ebbe Mountain Nature Park and are part of the Süder Uplands within the Rhine Massif.

Geography

Location

The Ebbe lies in the Sauerland in the districts of Märkischer Kreis and Olpe. It stretches between Herscheid and Plettenberg (outside the area) in the north, Attendorn and Finnentrop (outside the area) in the east, the Biggesee in the south and Kierspe and Meinerzhagen in the west, where the Ebbe Hills are surrounded by the Ebbe Hills Nature Park. It is grazed by the A 45 motorway in the west.

Hills

The highest elevation in the Ebbe Mountains is the Nordhelle between Valbert and Herscheid. Other notable hills are the: Rehberg (645.9 m), Rüenhardt (636.0 m), Waldberg (ca. 635 m), Rothenstein (ca. 600 m), Der Griesing (552,6 m), Homert (538,3 m) and Kahler Kopf (540.1 m).

Rivers and lakes

The following rivers rise in the Ebbe or around its edges: the Bruchbach, Else, Fürwigge, Ihne, Lister, Oesterbach, Verse and Volme. Within the Ebbe and its foothills are the Ahaus Reservoir, the Biggesee and the Fürwigge, Jubach, Lister, Oester and Verse Dams.

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Notes and References

  1. McCann, Tom (ed.) (2008). The Geology of Central Europe: Precambrian and Palaeozoic, The Geological Society, Bath, p. 238. .
  2. Malte-Brun, M. (1829). Universal Geography, Volume 7, Wells & Lilley, Boston, p. 222.