Natural Regions
According to Germany's Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, the BfN, the North German Plain consists of the natural regions listed below. Where possible, their names have been derived from authoritative English-language source(s), as indicated by the references.
- * D01 Mecklenburg Coastal Lowland
- * D02 Northeast Mecklenburg Lowland (including the Szczecin Lagoon)
- * D03 Mecklenburg Lake Plateau Hinterland
- * D04 Mecklenburg Lake Plateau
- * D05 Mecklenburg-Brandenburg Plateau and Upland
- * D06 East Brandenburg Plateau
- * D07 Oder Valley
- * D08 Lusatian Basin and Spreewald
- * D09 Middle Elbe Plain
- * D10 Elbe-Mulde Plain
- * D11 Fläming Heath
- * D12 Brandenburg Heath and Lake District
- * D13 Upper Lusatian Plateau
- * D14 Upper Lusatia
- * D21 Schleswig-Holstein Marsch
- * D22 Schleswig-Holstein Geest (older moraines above marsh level)
- * D23 Schleswig-Holstein Upland (more recent moraines)
- * D24 Lower Elbe Marsch
- * D25 Ems and Weser Marsch
- * D26 East Frisian Geest
- * D27 Stade Geest
- * D28 Lüneburg Heath
- * D29 Wendland and Altmark
- * D30 Dümmer and Ems-Hunte Geest
- * D31 Weser-Aller Plain
- * D34 Westphalian Lowland or Basin
- * D35 Lower Rhine Plain and Cologne Lowland
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