An outline of the nature
The Lake District of Central Jutland has a wide variety of landscape configurations. In common with the rest of the Danish countryside, none of the
various biotopes are in a "natural state".
Almost everywhere the landscape has been affected by a more or less comprehensive human intrusion. For some areas, this intrusion was part of history
(The Viking age and the Monastic period) and the traces in the landscape are not always so visible. It also gives the impression that the landscape is
largely, what can be termed, "uncultivated" nature. In particular, the lakes and rivers courses, along with the steep valley slopes appear "uncultivated"
In most of the area, the terrain has only had limited regulation and is, by Danish standards, sparsely developed. On the other hand, in some areas it is
well afforested. From a botanical point of view, the area has a great natural diversity made up of woodlands, waterways, lakes, open hillsides, heath,
dunes, and cultivated land, as well as many meadows, water meadows and marshes. Throughout the area a geological and soil boundary runs parallel with a
climatic transitional zone.
There are five EU Habitat areas in the region:
45 Gudenå og Gjern Bakker
48 Salten Å, Salten
Langsø, Mossø and lakes south of Salten Langsø and parts of Gudenå (the lake area)
49 Sepstrup Sande, Vrads Sande, Velling
Skov (Wood) and Palsgård Skov (Wood)
50 Yding Skov (Wood) and
Ejer Skov (Wood)
181 Silkeborgskovene
(Woods)
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