The Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest (), (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
External links BfN natural region fact files: Main highland backbone Upper Palatine Forest - East Bavarian Forest - North Wegscheid Plateau Foothills and lowlands Upper Palatine Forest - West Cham-Furth Depression Regen Valley between Roding and Regensburg Lower Falkenstein Forest Regensburg Forest, Forstmühle and Waxenberg Forests Regen Depression Bavarian Forest - South Lallinger Winkel Passau Abteiland - North Passau Abteiland - South