Hondsrug ridge

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Hondsrug ridge is a prominent elongated glacial landform in the northeastern Netherlands, shaped by Ice Age processes and forming the core landscape feature of the Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark.

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Label Occurrences
Hondsrug ridge canonical 3

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial landform ⓘ
landform in the Netherlands ⓘ
ridge ⓘ
associatedWith Ice Age megaflutes and streamlined landforms ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
extendsThrough province of Drenthe ⓘ
province of Groningen ⓘ
formsCoreOf Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark ⓘ
genesis glacial processes ⓘ
geologicalAge Pleistocene ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene epoch
hasDesignation core landscape feature of Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark ⓘ
hasTopography gently elevated compared to surrounding lowlands ⓘ
influences regional drainage patterns in northeastern Netherlands ⓘ
settlement patterns in Drenthe and Groningen ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Netherlands ⓘ
near city of Emmen ⓘ
city of Groningen ⓘ
notableFor Pleistocene glacial features ⓘ
elongated ridge morphology ⓘ
orientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf Dutch glacial landscape ⓘ
Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
region Northern Netherlands ⓘ
shapedBy Ice Age processes ⓘ
surfaceMaterial glacial till ⓘ
sandy deposits ⓘ
UNESCOStatus UNESCO Global Geopark core feature ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
recreation and tourism ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

D14 (Eexterhalte hunebed) → locatedNear → Hondsrug ridge ⓘ
Gieten → locatedOn → Hondsrug ridge ⓘ