Schlatt (landform)

Schlatts are characteristic of the nutrient-poor geest ridges of the North German Plain.

Most of them were formed as wind-blown hollows in the periglacial region of the last ice age.

Using volunteers working with the land owners and farmers over 300 small ponds and Schlatts have been cleaned up and maintained in order to preserve them as habitats for threatened animal and plant species.

Jan Höper: Flora und Vegetation von Kleingewässern in landwirtschaftlich genutzten Bereichen des Landkreises Diepholz.

Diplomarbeit, Göttingen 1999, 129 S. Georg Müller: "Was ist ein Schlatt", Entstehung-Entwicklung-Zustand und rechtliche Hinweise.