Leipzig Riverside Forest

Leipzig Riverside Forest (German: Leipziger Auenwald) is a Riparian forest, which lies mostly within the city limits of Leipzig city in Germany.

Inside the Riverside Forest

Location
The Palm Garden is part of the corridor

Leipzig Riverside Forest is divided into separate southern and northern parts, between which is a corridor containing many parks and green areas along the banks of the White Elster. Between the two there is a certain ecological link through a corridor that comprises parks and grassland and which lies along the Elster Basin, which was constructed to provide flood protection, and Elster flood plain. The total area covered is approx. 2500 hectares. Leipzig Riverside Forest is a nature reserve.

Literature
  • ENEDAS e. V./ Autorenkollektiv: Der Leipziger Auwald. Ein Natur- und Erlebnisführer. Edition Leipzig, 2013, ISBN 978-3-361-00685-0.
  • Gerd K. Müller (ed.): Der Leipziger Auwald – ein verkanntes Juwel der Natur. Leipzig, 1992.
  • Gerd K. Müller: Die Leipziger Auen. Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landesentwicklung, Dresden, 1995.
gollark: It's kind of stupid but cannot practically be changed now.
gollark: Anyway, universities just have to base it on predicted grades, past grades, and a "personal statement" and "reference". So you get an "offer", usually saying "if you get X grades you can go to this university", and have to hope that you match that in the exams.
gollark: Yep!
gollark: Stay here, it would be inconvenient and expensive not to.
gollark: The application system here is actually very weird - you don't get grades until August, 2 months before university terms start, but you do applications in September (the **previous** September) to January.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.