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The Westphalian Lowland, also known as the Westphalian Basin is a flat landscape that mainly lies within the German region of Westphalia, although small areas also fall within North Rhine and in Lower Saxony. Together with the neighbouring Lower Rhine Plain to the west, it represents the second most southerly region of the North German Plain, after the Cologne Bight. It is variously known in German as the Westfälische Bucht , the Münsterländer or Westfälische Tieflands- or Flachlandsbucht.
The Westphalian Lowland consists of the individual regions of Münsterland, the Emscherland in the south, and regions even further south that flank the Sauerland around the Hellweg.
The Westphalian Lowland is classified as a major unit group within the natural regions of Germany and is number 54 in the Handbook of the Natural Regional Divisions of Germany and region D34 in the BfN system; both using the same boundaries.