Schwäbische Alb

Japanese: シュウェービッシェ･アルプ（英語表記）Schwäbische Alb

A mountain range stretching from southwest to northeast in southwestern Germany, north of the upper reaches of the Danube. It has an elevation of 500 to 1,000 m. It is also called the Schwäbische Jura (Jura) because it is made of limestone from the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era. The whole range forms a single cue, with a steep slope to the northwest that faces the Neckar Basin and a gentle slope to the southeast that faces the Danube. It stretches for about 220 km, crossing the Rhine in the southwest to the Jura Mountains in Switzerland and continuing to the Franconian Alps in the northeast. Water is scarce on the plateau, but there are abundant springs on the edges, which have been used to develop textile and machinery industries since ancient times.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ドイツ南西部，ドナウ川最上流部の北側に南西～北東にのびる山脈。標高500～1000m。中生代ジュラ紀層の石灰岩からなるため，シュウェービッシェ･ユーラ(ジュラ)とも呼ばれる。全体が一つのケスタ地形をなし，北西側へは急傾斜でネッカー盆地に臨み，南東側へは緩傾斜でドナウ川に臨む。延長約220kmで，南西部はライン川をこえてスイスのジュラ山脈へ，北東部はフレンキッシェ･アルプへ続く。高原上は水が不足するが，縁辺部には多量のわき水があり，これを利用して古くから繊維･機械などの工業が発達している。

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