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Veluwe, Gelderland, Netherlandsi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Veluwe | Ridge |
| Gelderland | Province |
| Netherlands | Country |
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Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Heveadorp | 750 (2017) |
| Laag-Soeren | 685 (2017) |
| Schaarsbergen | 230 (2017) |
| Deelen | 130 (2017) |
| Radio Kootwijk | 120 (2017) |
| Kootwijk | 115 (2017) |
Other Languages:
French:
Veluwe, Gueldre, Pays-Bas
German:
Veluwe, Geldern, Niederlande
Italian:
Veluwe, Gheldria, Paesi Bassi
Russian:
Велюве, Гелдерланд, Нидерланды
Simplified Chinese:
費呂沃, 海尔德兰省, 荷兰
Spanish:
Veluwe, Güeldres, Países Bajos
Arabic:
فيلواه, خيلدرلند, هولندا
Catalan:
Veluwe, Gelderland, Països Baixos
Czech:
Veluwe, Gelderland, Nizozemsko
Danish:
Veluwe, Gelderland, Holland
Dutch:
Veluwe, Gelderland, Nederland
Dutch Low Saxon:
Veluwe, Gelderlaand, Nederlaand
Ido:
Veluwe, Nederlando
Indonesian:
Veluwe, Gelderland, Belanda
Latin:
Feluwa, Geldria, Nederlandia
Limburgian:
Veluwe, Gelderland, Nederland
Norwegian:
Veluwe, Gelderland, Nederland
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Veluwe, Gelderland, Nederland
Serbo-Croatian:
Veluwe, Gelderland, Nizozemska
Slovenian:
Veluwe, Nizozemska
Swedish:
Veluwe, Gelderland, Nederländerna
Ukrainian:
Велюве , Гелдерланд, Нідерланди
West Frisian:
Feluwe, Gelderlân, Nederlân
Zeelandic:
Veluwe, Gelderland, Nederland
The Veluwe (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈveːlyʋə]) is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km²) in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features different landscapes, including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand drifts.
The Veluwe is the largest push moraine complex in the Netherlands, stretching 60 km from north to south, and reaching heights of up to 110 metres. The Veluwe was formed by the Saalian glacial during the Pleistocene epoch, some 200,000 years ago. Glaciers some 200 metres thick pushed the sand deposits in the Rhine and Maas Delta sideways, creating the hills which now form most of the Veluwe. Because the hills are made of sand, rain water disappears rapidly, and then it flows at a depth of tens of metres to the edges where it reaches the surface again.
Originally the Veluwe was surrounded by a string of swamps, heavily populated with game such as deer and wild boar because these areas offered rich vegetation to feed on. Since the 1990s many plans are underway, or have already been implemented, to restore these wetlands by blocking the drainage systems built by farmers during the last 150 years. This results in very dry heathland changing into wetland within a span of just a few hundred metres. The Wisselse Veen near the village of Epe, on the northeastern Veluwe, offers a good example of this.
Veluwe derives from Proto-Germanic *falwaz (pale, fallow) and *awjō (island). The name corresponds to "fallow lands" in English and probably was used in opposition to the fertile "good lands" of the Betuwe (from *bataz, good, and *awjō, island) to the south.
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| ⓘ Lechatelierite Formula: SiO2 |
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| ⓘ | Lechatelierite | 4.DA.30 | SiO2 |
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| O | Oxygen | |
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| O | ⓘ Lechatelierite | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Lechatelierite | SiO2 |
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veluwe |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q1153251 |
Localities in this Region
- Gelderland
- Ede
- Hattem
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