Hondsrug area

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cultural landscape geographical region ridge landscape

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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hondsrug region	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural landscape ⓘ geographical region ⓘ ridge landscape ⓘ
archaeologicalPeriodsRepresented	Bronze Age ⓘ Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ Stone Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSettlement	Assen NERFINISHED ⓘ Borger NERFINISHED ⓘ Emmen NERFINISHED ⓘ Groningen NERFINISHED ⓘ Haren NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO Global Geopark NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestPointElevation	approximately 26 metres above sea level ⓘ
knownFor	Ice Age landscape ⓘ cultural history ⓘ hunebedden ⓘ prehistoric burial mounds ⓘ rich archaeological heritage ⓘ
locatedIn	northeastern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ province of Drenthe NERFINISHED ⓘ province of Groningen NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainPeriodOfHumanOccupation	from prehistoric times to present ⓘ
partOf	Dutch sandy soils region NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	UNESCO Global Geopark NERFINISHED ⓘ
runsThrough	Drenthe province NERFINISHED ⓘ Groningen province NERFINISHED ⓘ
terrainType	cover sand landscape ⓘ glacial ridge ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	The Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	agriculture ⓘ forestry ⓘ recreation and tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Tynaarlo → partOfRegion → Hondsrug area ⓘ

Aa en Hunze → contains → Hondsrug area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hondsrug region