Soest plain

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The Soest plain is a fertile lowland region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known for its intensive agriculture and historically significant settlement landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape
geographical region
plain
borderedBy Beckum Hills
Haarstrang
Lippe valley
linked to: Lippe

Möhne valley
linked to: Möhne River

Sauerland
climate temperate oceanic climate
contains Bad Sassendorf
Erwitte
Geseke
Lippstadt
Werl
country Germany
drainedBy Ahse River
Lippe River
linked to: Lippe

Möhne River
elevationRange approximately 70–150 metres above sea level
hasCenter Soest
hasSettlementPattern roadside villages
scattered farmsteads
historicalSignificance dense network of villages and farmsteads
important medieval agricultural region of Westphalia
medieval settlement landscape
knownFor fertile soils
high-yield crop production
intensive agriculture
languageRegion Westphalian dialect area
linked to: Westphalian dialect
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia
Westphalia
locatedInDistrict Soest district
mainCrops barley
rapeseed
sugar beet
wheat
mainLandUse arable farming
namedAfter Soest
partOf North German Plain
Westphalian Bight
landscape of the Soest district
regionalPlanningDesignation intensively used agricultural area
soilType chernozem-like soils
loess
transportInfrastructure A2 motorway
A44 motorway
railway lines between Ruhr area and East Westphalia

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Werl locatedNear Soest plain