Key facts
- Peak
- Großer Feldberg
- Elevation
- 2,881 ft (878 m)
- Countries
- Germany , Belgium , Luxembourg and France
- States
- North Rhine-Westphalia , Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse
- Parent range
- Central Uplands
- Orogeny
- Variscan (Hercynian)
- Rock ages
- Devonian and Carboniferous
- Rock type
- metamorphic rock
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Hesse
- Area
- 41300
- Elevation
- 2881
- Highest point
- Großer Feldberg
- Material used
- metamorphic rock
- Image
- Frahan JPG01.jpg
- Width
- 180
- Length
- 400
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- Commons category
- Rheinisches Schiefergebirge
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhenish Massif
- Commons gallery
- Rheinisches Schiefergebirge
- time period
- Carboniferous
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Encyclopedic overview
Satellite image with outlines (grey-drawn outline) of the Rhenish Slate Mountains (green trees). Above left the mouth of the Rhine into the North Sea. The Rhenish Massif, Rhine Massif or Rhenish Uplands (German: Rheinisches Schiefergebirge [ˈʁaɪnɪʃəs ˈʃiːfɐɡəˌbɪʁɡə] : 'Rhenish Slate Uplands'; French: massif schisteux rhénan [masif ʃistø ʁenɑ̃]: 'Rhenish Schistose Massif') is a geologic massif in western Germany, eastern Belgium, Luxembourg and northeastern France. It is drained centrally, south to north by the river Rhine and a few of its tributaries.
West of the indent of the Cologne Bight it has the Eifel and the Belgian and French Ardennes; east is its greatest German component, the Süder Uplands. The Hunsrück hills form its southwest. The Westerwald is an eastern strip. The Lahn-Dill area is a small central zone and the Taunus Mountains form the rest, the south-east.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhenish Massif” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.