The Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains (
German: Schwäbisches Keuper-Lias-Land) is a major natural region in southwest
Germany and includes the southwesternmost part of the
Keuper Uplands, which is bordered immediately to the north by the
Swabian Jura.
Natural regions
The Swabian Keuper lands are divided into three
natural regional groups and their 3-figure major units which are given 3-figure numbers: [1]
10 (=D58) Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains
100 Foreland of the western Swabian Jura (Vorland der mittleren Schwäbischen Alb)
101 Foreland of the central Swabian Jura (Vorland der mittleren Schwäbischen Alb)
102 Foreland of the eastern Swabian Jura (Vorland der östlichen Schwäbischen Alb)
BfN landscape fact file for
Baden-Württemberg and
Bavaria - all landscapes with a five-digit number beginning with "10" belong to the Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains; the first three digits stand for the major unit.