Rehden Geest Moor

Rehden Geest Moor
Naturschutzgebiet Rehdener Geestmoor
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
The geest bog; view from the embankment
Location south of Rehden in the Lower Saxon county of Diepholz
Coordinates 52°34′20″N 8°30′10″E / 52.57222°N 8.50278°E / 52.57222; 8.50278Coordinates: 52°34′20″N 8°30′10″E / 52.57222°N 8.50278°E / 52.57222; 8.50278
Area 1,145.8–1,195.0 hectares (2,831–2,953 acres)
Elevation 38 m
Designation 30109
Established 1982-05-13
Administrator NLWKN
Website NSG HA 062

The nature reserve of Rehden Geest Moor (German: Rehdener Geestmoor) is an extensive, open raised bog in the collective municipality of Rehden, in the county of Diepholz in Lower Saxony. It is a representative raised bog for the natural region known as the Diepholz Moor Depression (Diepholzer Moorniederung). According to GIS it covers an area of 1,736 hectares, but according to the conservation act, 1,786 hectares.

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