The Saxon Lowland or Saxon Löss Fields refer to a natural region

Natural region

A Natural region is one which is distinguished by its natural features of geography and usually more important, geology. The natural ecology of the region is likely to be significant but one of these factors tends to influence the others....

 that lies mainly within the state of Saxony

Saxony

The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

 in central Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. In addition, small areas of this region extend to the northwest and west into Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

 (the land around Weißenfels

Weißenfels

Weißenfels is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle.-History:...

), to the southeast into Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

 (the region around Altenburg

Altenburg

Altenburg is a town in the German federal state of Thuringia, 45 km south of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district.-Geography:...

) and to the northeast into Brandenburg

Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

. It more-or-less combines the BfN's major regions listed as D19 Saxon Upland and Ore Mountain Foreland

Ore Mountain Foreland

The Ore Mountain Foreland is a strip of countryside of about 200 m to high, in the German state of Saxony, that lies immediately north of the German Ore Mountains and runs mainly through the areas of Zwickauer Land, Zwickau, Chemnitzer Land, Chemnitz, Mittelsachsen and the country south of Dresden...

, (Sächsisches Hügelland und Erzgebirgsvorland) and D14, Upper Lusatia

Upper Lusatia

Upper Lusatia is a region a biggest part of which belongs to Saxony, a small eastern part belongs to Poland, the northern part to Brandenburg. In Saxony, Upper Lusatia comprises roughly the districts of Bautzen and Görlitz , in Brandenburg the southern part of district Oberspreewald-Lausitz...

 (Oberlausitz); only the range of Central Uplands

Central Uplands

The Central Uplands is one of the three major natural regions of Germany and covers most of the land area of the country. To the north lies the North German Plain or Northern Lowland; to the south, the Alps and the Alpine Foreland.- Formation :...

 hills, the Lusatian Mountains

Lusatian Mountains

The Lusatian Mountains are a mountain range of the Western Sudetes, located on the southeastern border of Germany with the Czech Republic east of the Elbe river, a continuation of the Ore Mountains range west of the Elbe valley...

, has been excluded and instead forms part of the Saxon Highlands and Uplands

Saxon Highlands and Uplands

The Saxon Highlands and Uplands refer to a natural region mainly in the south of Saxony with small elements also in southeast Thuringia and northeast Bavaria...

 (Sächsisches Bergland und Mittelgebirge).

Natural regions

The following list breaks down the region into major units based on Meynen (three-figure numbers). New major units, that combine the earlier ones, are arranged above these without any preceding numbers (Locations defined in brackets).

• Saxon Lowland
  • (major groupings no longer used)
    • 44 (=D14) Upper Lusatia
      Upper Lusatia
      Upper Lusatia is a region a biggest part of which belongs to Saxony, a small eastern part belongs to Poland, the northern part to Brandenburg. In Saxony, Upper Lusatia comprises roughly the districts of Bautzen and Görlitz , in Brandenburg the southern part of district Oberspreewald-Lausitz...
      
       (except 441 - Lusatian Highlands)
      • Eastern Upper Lusatia
        • 440 Neiße trough (east and south)
        • 442 East Lusatian Foothills (west)
      • 444 Upper Lusatian Fields
      • West Lusatian Upland and Highlands
        • 443 West Lusatian Foothills (southeast to northeast)
  • D 19 Saxon Upland and Ore Mountain Foreland
    • 46 Saxon Upland or Saxon Uplands (including Leipziger Land)
      • (continuation of the West Lusatian Upland and Highlands)
        • 461 Lusatian Plateau (west)
      • 460 Dresden Basin
        Dresden Basin
        The Dresden Basin is a roughly 45 km long and 10 km wide area of the Elbe Valley between the towns of Pirna and Meißen. The city of Dresden lies in the Dresden Basin.- Geography :...
        
        
      • 462 Großenhain Pflege
      • 463 Central Saxon Loess Upland
      • North Saxon Plateau and Upland
        • 464 Oschatz Upland (east)
        • 465 Grimma Porphyric Upland (west)
      • 466 Altenburg-Zeitz Loess Upland
      • 467 Leipziger Land
        Leipziger Land
        Leipziger Land is a former district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It was bounded by the districts of Delitzsch, the district-free city Leipzig, Muldentalkreis, Mittweida, the district Altenburger Land in Thuringia, and the districts Burgenlandkreis, Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt.- History...
        
        
    • 45 Ore Mountain Foreland
      Ore Mountain Foreland
      The Ore Mountain Foreland is a strip of countryside of about 200 m to high, in the German state of Saxony, that lies immediately north of the German Ore Mountains and runs mainly through the areas of Zwickauer Land, Zwickau, Chemnitzer Land, Chemnitz, Mittelsachsen and the country south of Dresden...
      
      
      • 450 Mulde Loess Hills
      • 451 Ore Mountain Basin
        Ore Mountain Basin
        The Ore Mountain Basin or Erzgebirge Basin is a a natural region in the German federal state of Saxony, that is part of the Saxon Lowland...
        
        
        • 452 Upper Pleißeland (west of the basin; nowadays usually counted as part of it)