Landscape
Much of the Swabian Alb consists of gentle to moderate hills often covered with forest or cleared for small-scale agriculture. The traditional landscape was grass fields with juniper bushes.Today this has become a comparatively rare sight. However, in certain places it is protected by the government of Baden-Württemberg.
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