Rotes Luch
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Rotes Luch between Berlin and the Oderbruch
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| Location | near Waldsieversdorf, Märkische Schweiz, Brandenburg, Germany |
| Floor elevation | 45 metres (148 ft) up to 48 metres (157 ft) |
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| Type | Plain grassland, glade, fen area |
| Age | Glacial period of the Holocene |
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| Coordinates | 52°31′26″N 14°01′41″E / 52.524°N 14.028°ECoordinates: 52°31′26″N 14°01′41″E / 52.524°N 14.028°E |
| Mountain range | Glacial valley, Märkische Schweiz Nature Park |
Rotes Luch (literally "Red Glade") is a reclaimed (i.e. drained) fen area, known locally as a luch, and extends to a width of about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) over a length of approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from southwest to northeast. It is located in the southwestern corner of the nature reserve Märkische Schweiz (German: Naturpark Märkische Schweiz) of Brandenburg, Germany.
The Red Glade is the highest part of the glacial trough building a passage between the Berlin glacial valley (German: Urstromtal) at Erkner and the Oder river valley (German: Oderbruch) respectively the Eberswalde glacial valley near Neutrebbin. This depression, also known as Buckow Groove (German: Buckower Rinne), separates the northwestern plateau of the Barnim () from the southeastern upland area of the Land Lebus. The high embankment of the Eastern Railway crosses the area from west to east. The headwaters of the small stream Stobber are located here. Due to the drainage divide between Baltic Sea and North Sea that runs along the railway embankment, there is the peculiar situation that the stream flows in two different directions. This phenomenon is called "pseudo-bifurcation".
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