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    The High Fens (German: Hohes Venn; French: Hautes Fagnes; Dutch: Hoge Venen), which were declared a nature reserve in 1957, are an upland area, a plateau...
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    swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. The unique water chemistry of fens is a result of the ground or...
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    The Fens or Fenlands in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries...
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    Dedenborn during winter The Roer in the High Fens The Roer rises in the High Fens, near the 696-metre (2,283 ft) high Signal de Botrange in Belgium at an...
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    Aachen (category Articles containing Old High German (ca. 750-1050)-language text)
    261,000 inhabitants. Aachen is located at the northern foothills of the High Fens and the Eifel Mountains. It sits on the Wurm River, a tributary of the...
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    700 m, such as the Schneifel and High Fens, run through the western part of the plateau. In the eastern part, in the High Eifel and Volcanic Eifel, individual...
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    The German-Belgian High Fens – Eifel Nature Park (German: Naturpark Hohes Venn – Eifel), often called the North Eifel Nature Park (Naturpark Nord Eifel)...
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    Botrange is the highest point in Wallonia and in Belgium, located in the High Fens (Hautes Fagnes in French, Hohes Venn in German, Hoge Venen in Dutch),...
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    is a right tributary of the Amblève. It starts in the Hautes Fagnes ("High Fens") and ends in Challes, near Stavelot in the river Amblève. The French...
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    Sart. The highest point of the municipality is the Baraque Michel in the High Fens, at 674 metres (2,211 ft). List of protected heritage sites in Jalhay...
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    Moorbad Gmös Weißer Stein (Eifel) High Fens Monts d'Arrée Großes Torfmoor Hücker Moor Oppenwehe Moor Worringer Bruch High Fens Dwingelderveld Bargerveen Fochteloërveen...
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  • the troops to begin their operation when the Panzer advance reached the High Fens, between the Ardennes and the Eifel highlands. The three groups (Kampfgruppe...
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  • (English: Operation Hawk) was a paratroop drop into the American rear in the High Fens area during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Its objective was...
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    group of German-speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area, and bordering Germany. Belgium's strongly globalized economy and...
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    German border (Aachen), from the Dutch border (Maastricht) and from the "High Fens" nature reserve (Ardennes). The town is also the capital of the Euroregion...
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    a right tributary of the river Ourthe. It rises near Büllingen in the High Fens or Hoge Venen (Dutch), Hohes Venn (German), and Hautes Fagnes (French)...
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    Mützenich is located on the German-Belgian border, in the region of the High Fens and below Steling mountain, at 584 m above NHN. One possible derivation...
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    The Hill (French: Helle) is a stream in the High Fens in east Belgium. The Hill rises near the highest point in Belgium, the Signal de Botrange and empties...
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  • Wilhelm Fenner (1891–after 1946), German cryptanalyst who worked as a Director of Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht Fenner Brockway...
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    The Hürtgen Forest lies at the northern edge of the Eifel mountains and High Fens – Eifel Nature Park; its terrain is characterized by plunging valleys...
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    total length is 78 kilometres (48 mi). The source of the Our is in the High Fens in southeastern Belgium, near Manderfeld. It flows southwards, more or...
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    height but rising to over 694 m (2,277 ft) in the boggy moors of the High Fens region of south-eastern Belgium. The region is typified by steep-sided...
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    The Back Bay Fens, often called The Fens, is a parkland and urban wild in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1879. Designed by...
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    The name Silicon Fen originated as an analogy with Silicon Valley in California because Cambridge lies at the southern tip of the Fens. The local growth...
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    Eifel (RP) Hochkelberg (674.9 m), High Eifel (RP) Raßberg (663.8 m), High Eifel (RP) Steling (658.3 m), High Fens (NW / B) Giescheid (652 m), North Eifel...
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    The Steling is a mountain, 658.3 m above sea level (NN) on the High Fens plateau. The German-Belgian border runs 60 meters from the mountaintop. The closest...
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    France, this area is eastwardly connected to the Eifel in Germany by the High Fens plateau, on which the Signal de Botrange forms the country's highest point...
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    province of Liège, Belgium. Xhoffraix is located in the foothills of the High Fens region, along a national road connecting Malmedy to Signal de Botrange...
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  • Prendergast decides to hold off retirement. Michael Douglas as William "D-Fens" Foster Robert Duvall as Sergeant Martin Prendergast Barbara Hershey as Beth...
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  • in metres above sea level. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high, with at least 500 m of prominence, see List of highest mountains. See also...
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