Middle Rhine Basin

The Middle Rhine Basin (German: Mittelrheinische Becken) is the central landscape region of the Middle Rhine in Germany and, along with the Limburg Basin, forms one of the biggest intra-montane lowland regions within the Rhenish Massif.

This southwestern part of the Middle Rhine Basin is particularly striking due to its gently rolling hills.

It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle (southeast) and Elz (southwest), which cut deeply into the hill country; its northwest border is partly formed by the Nette.

It is characterized by agriculture and open-cast mining (pumice and lava sand) and the associated building materials industry.

The river Nette flows through the hilly landscape which slopes gently from west to east towards the Rhine and separates it from the Maifeld.