Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest

The Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest (Oberpfälzisch-Bayerische Wald), (no. D63 or 40) is a natural region in Germany in the northeast of Bavaria. It mainly comprises the low mountain ranges of the Bavarian Forest and Upper Palatine Forest which are up to 1456 m high and border on the Bohemian Massif immediately inside the Czech Republic's southwestern border with Germany.

Division into geographical units

 * 40 (=D63) Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest
 * 400 Upper Palatine Forest - East
 * 401 Upper Palatine Forest - West
 * 402 Cham-Furth Depression
 * 403 Bavarian Forest - North
 * 404 Regen Depression
 * 405 Bavarian Forest - South
 * 406 Falkensteiner Vorwald
 * 407 Lallinger Winkel
 * 408 Passau Abteiland and Neuburg Forest
 * 409 Wegscheid Plateau

Neighbouring main unit groups are:
 * 39 (= D48) Thuringian-Franconian Highlands
 * 08 (= D61) Franconian Jura
 * 07 (= D62) Upper Palatine-Upper Main Hills
 * 06 Lower Bavarian Hills (part of D65)

Literature

 * Meynen, Emil (ed.) Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands. Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen 1953-1962 (Teil 1, enthält Lieferung 1-5), ISBN B0000BJ19E
 * Meynen, Emil (ed.) Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands. Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen 1959-1962 (Teil 2, enthält Lieferung 6-9), ISBN B0000BJ19F