Hondsrug area

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The Hondsrug area is a distinctive ridge landscape in the northeastern Netherlands, known for its glacially formed terrain, prehistoric burial mounds, and rich archaeological and cultural heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hondsrug area canonical 5
Hondsrug region 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
ridge landscape ⓘ
archaeologicalPeriodsRepresented Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
Stone Age ⓘ
contains Bronze Age barrows ⓘ
Iron Age burial fields ⓘ
agricultural fields ⓘ
ancient routeways ⓘ
drift sand areas ⓘ
forested areas ⓘ
green village commons ⓘ
heathlands ⓘ
historic esdorpen villages ⓘ
megalithic tombs ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
extendsFrom city of Groningen ⓘ
extendsTo vicinity of Emmen ⓘ
hasFeature boulder clay deposits ⓘ
dry sandy plateaus ⓘ
elongated ridge system ⓘ
ice-pushed landforms ⓘ
parallel ridges ⓘ
wet depressions ⓘ
hasGeologicalOrigin Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
hasInterpretationCenter Hunebed Centre in Borger ⓘ
hasSettlement Assen ⓘ
Borger ⓘ
Emmen ⓘ
Groningen ⓘ
Haren ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO Global Geopark ⓘ
highestPointElevation approximately 26 metres above sea level ⓘ
knownFor Ice Age landscape ⓘ
cultural history ⓘ
hunebedden ⓘ
prehistoric burial mounds ⓘ
rich archaeological heritage ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Netherlands ⓘ
province of Drenthe ⓘ
province of Groningen ⓘ
mainPeriodOfHumanOccupation from prehistoric times to present ⓘ
partOf Dutch sandy soils region ⓘ
recognizedAs UNESCO Global Geopark ⓘ
runsThrough Drenthe province ⓘ
linked to: Drenthe

Groningen province ⓘ
terrainType cover sand landscape ⓘ
glacial ridge ⓘ
UNESCOStatus The Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
recreation and tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tynaarlo → partOfRegion → Hondsrug area ⓘ
Aa en Hunze → contains → Hondsrug region ⓘ
linked to: Hondsrug area
Annen → locatedOn → Hondsrug region ⓘ
linked to: Hondsrug area
Rolde → region → Hondsrug area ⓘ
Gasterse Duinen → locatedIn → Hondsrug area ⓘ
Balloërveld → region → Hondsrug area ⓘ
Gieten-Borger forestry → partOf → Hondsrug region ⓘ
linked to: Hondsrug area
Drentsche Aa → hasRegion → Hondsrug area ⓘ